to utilize intellectual property from others (either directly in the model aka NYT, or indirectly via web searches) without any rights

... and put the liability for retrieving said property and hence the culpability for copyright infringement on the enduser:

Since the output would only be generated as a result of user inputs known as prompts, it was not the defendants, but the respective user who would be liable for it, OpenAI had argued.

https://www.reuters.com/world/german-court-sides-with-plaint...