Exclusive: Mercor’s Fast Growth Relies on Biggest AI Companies, Documents Show Save 25% to unlock this story

Sign in
Subscribe

    Data Tools

    • About Pro
    • Enterprise Software Startup Takeover List 2026
    • The Next GPs 2026
    • The Executives Leading the Data Center Race
    • The Next GPs 2025
    • The Rising Stars of AI Research
    • Leaders of the AI Shopping Revolution
    • Enterprise Software Startup Takeover List 2025
    • Org Charts
    • The Information 50 2025
    • Generative AI Takeover List
    • Generative AI Database
    • AI Chip Database
    • AI Data Center Database
    • Tech IPO Tracker
    • Tech Sentiment Tracker
    • Gigafactory Database

    Special Projects

    • The Information 50 Database
    • VC Diversity Index
    • Enterprise Tech Powerlist
  • Org Charts
  • Deep Research
  • Tech
  • Finance
  • Weekend
  • Charts
  • Events
  • TITV
    • Directory

      Search, find and engage with others who are serious about tech and business.

    • Forum

      Follow and be a part of discussions about tech, finance and media.

    • Brand Partnerships

      Premium advertising opportunities for brands

    • Group Subscriptions

      Team access to our exclusive tech news

    • Newsletters

      Journalists who break and shape the news, in your inbox

    • Video

      Catch up on conversations with global leaders in tech, media and finance

    • Partner Content

      Explore our recent partner collaborations

      XFacebookLinkedInThreadsInstagram
    • Help & Support
    • RSS Feed
    • Careers
    Sign in
  • About Pro
  • Enterprise Software Startup Takeover List 2026
  • The Next GPs 2026
  • The Executives Leading the Data Center Race
  • The Next GPs 2025
  • The Rising Stars of AI Research
  • Leaders of the AI Shopping Revolution
  • Enterprise Software Startup Takeover List 2025
  • Org Charts
  • The Information 50 2025
  • Generative AI Takeover List
  • Generative AI Database
  • AI Chip Database
  • AI Data Center Database
  • Tech IPO Tracker
  • Tech Sentiment Tracker
  • Gigafactory Database

SPECIAL PROJECTS

  • The Information 50 Database
  • VC Diversity Index
  • Enterprise Tech Powerlist
Deep Research
TITV
Tech
Finance
Weekend
Charts
Events
Newsletters
  • Directory

    Search, find and engage with others who are serious about tech and business.

  • Forum

    Follow and be a part of discussions about tech, finance and media.

  • Brand Partnerships

    Premium advertising opportunities for brands

  • Group Subscriptions

    Team access to our exclusive tech news

  • Newsletters

    Journalists who break and shape the news, in your inbox

  • Video

    Catch up on conversations with global leaders in tech, media and finance

  • Partner Content

    Explore our recent partner collaborations

Subscribe
  • Sign in
  • Search
  • Opinion
  • Venture Capital
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Startups
  • Market Research
    XFacebookLinkedInThreadsInstagram
  • Help & Support
  • RSS Feed
  • Careers

In-depth insights in seconds. Ask Deep Research.

The Briefing

Google, OpenAI and the Coming Copyright Storm

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, Inc. Photo by Bloomberg.
By
Jessica Lessin
[email protected]Profile and archive

So here is a question: If you develop some software and train it on random material from the internet to make it smarter, do the creators of that material have any right to the software?

What happens if you are Google and you train your software with public conversations generated from a chatbot made by OpenAI, one of your main competitors, which has been hiring your top talent? Is that smart? Sketchy? Somewhere in between?

Recommended