“At the heart of these algorithms is systematic theft on a massive scale,” the group of authors, represented by the Authors Guild, said in the federal court filing.
“It is imperative that we stop this theft in its tracks or we will destroy our incredible literary culture, which fuels so many other creative industries in America,” said Authors Guild Executive Director Mary Rasenberger.
Rasenberger also highlighted that writers dedicate their careers and lives to learning and perfecting their books, so they must have the ability to control whether AI can use their works for entertainment or not.
Examples of how each author’s work was used are cited in the legal document. For example, in the case of RR Martin, ChatGPT generated a prequel to Game of Thrones, which used the author’s same characters.
OpenAI has already reacted to this and accepted that the copyrights of writers must be respected and therefore they should also benefit from the technology. In addition, he cited that they are already having conversations with the Authors Guild to address their concerns.
“We are optimistic and will continue to find mutually beneficial ways to work together to help people use new technologies in a rich content system,” the company said in a statement.
This is one more case of lawsuits against OpenAI and Artificial Intelligence for infringing copyright. A couple of months ago, comedian Sarah Silverman filed a similar lawsuit, but the company asked that the case be dismissed, because they “misconceived the scope of copyright.”
According to the company at the time, the author and other writers who accompanied her in the lawsuit did not take into account “the limitations and exceptions (including fair use) that leave room for innovations such as the large language models that are now available.” “vanguard of AI.”
On the other hand, the agency Getty Images sued Stability AI in February, arguing that it copied 12 million images for training data, which was added to another lawsuit for the same reason.
All of these cases have already generated consequences among some companies, such as Amazon, which is the largest book retailer in the United States, and which changed its policies regarding books written with the help of AI, since they must notify that the technology was involved. to be able to sell them.