OpenAI, Microsoft Sued For ‘Plagiarism’
OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a lawsuit alleging the improper use of nonfiction authors’ work to train AI models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT service.
Author and reporter Julian Sancton claims that OpenAI used tens of thousands of nonfiction books without authorization to train its extensive language models in responding to human text prompts.
The lawsuit is among several initiated by copyright owners, including John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, and Jonathan Franzen, against OpenAI and other tech firms.
Microsoft’s involvement in generating unlicensed copies of authors’ works for training data and the development of GPT-based technology is emphasized.
Sancton accuses Microsoft of being aware of OpenAI’s indiscriminate internet crawling for copyrighted material.
The lawsuit comes after Microsoft hired Sam Altman to head its AI research team after his removal from OpenAI. OpenAI announced a new agreement that would see Altman return as CEO on November 22.
(With inputs from Shikha Singh)
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