OpenAI Seeks to Exclude Chakrabarty Paper from Copyright Case as Translators Cite 30% Assignment Decline

The Reader Times desk 22 October 2026 Based on Alliance of Independent Authors reporting

Editorial illustration of a library office where books and artificial intelligence research meet. — Editorial illustration for The Reader Times.

OpenAI has moved to prevent the use of Dr. Tuhin Chakrabarty’s market‑dilution paper in its ongoing copyright lawsuit, while translators report a sharp 30% fall in new assignments.

In a recent filing, OpenAI asked the court to bar plaintiffs from relying on Dr. Tuhin Chakrabarty’s widely cited paper on market dilution as part of the copyright case against the company.

The motion, filed on Monday, argues that the paper should not be considered relevant to the legal questions at issue.

Separately, industry data released the same day indicated that professional translators are experiencing a 30% drop in assignment volume, a decline attributed by some to the growing influence of AI‑generated text.

Both developments highlight ongoing tensions between AI developers and creative‑rights stakeholders as the sector adapts to new technological pressures.