The number of organizations accusing
In a lawsuit filed against OpenAI, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the oldest nonprofit newsroom in the US,
It's a tale as old as time.
Ever since ChatGPT hit the scene, different quarters of the internet have been raising alarm bells over the data used to train generative AI, often, without permission. You've got
"This free rider behavior is not only unfair, it is a violation of copyright," Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, said in a statement.
Free rider behavior is perhaps the best way to describe what companies developing AI are doing.
Take
In fact, CopyLeaks estimates that nearly 60% of the responses provided by GPT-3.5 (which is the model behind ChatGPT) contain some form of plagiarized content, the Center for Investigative Reporting says.
Grim, isn't it?
At this point, the entire output of humanity, creative or otherwise, is apparently a valid target for AI companies. The question then is, are gen AI companies just profiteering off of our work? Evidence seems to suggest so.
OpenAI also has similar arrangements with the
This means that people who create will be left to do the heavy lifting while some tech bro is going to feed all that raw material to produce more powerful generative AI products, likely without permission or compensation.
The Center for Investigative Reporting is one of a handful of organizations that have taken OpenAI to court, joining the likes of The New York Times and others like it for allegedly infringing on its copyrights.
Suing OpenAI is not cheap, though. As The Verge reports, The NYT has raked up
However, the case(s) are perhaps significant in that they could
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