Interesting point…
> A top concern for The Times is that ChatGPT is, in a sense, becoming a direct competitor with the paper by creating text that answers questions based on the original reporting and writing of the paper's staff.
> A top concern for The Times is that ChatGPT is, in a sense, becoming a direct competitor with the paper by creating text that answers questions based on the original reporting and writing of the paper's staff.
If you're looking to prove a prior fact in a court case, you're perfectly allowed to cite the Washington Post or the Boston Globe or anything else that has a good reputation. There are lots of "papers of record" in the US -- you're not limited to one per country:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record#By_reputat...
Imagine if someone doing a thing sued NYT for watching them do it, linking it to other issues and producing a new article.
News itself is a derived content that’s dependent on other people doing things.