OpenAI has previously faced similar lawsuits, and in response, the company has argued that such claims misunderstand the scope of copyright and fail to consider limitations and exceptions that allow for innovations like AI language models. The company has not yet responded to this latest lawsuit.
Key takeaways:
- Several authors, including George R.R. Martin and John Grisham, along with the Authors Guild, have sued OpenAI, alleging that the company's AI chatbot, ChatGPT, was trained using copyrighted works without permission.
- The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of "systematic theft on a mass scale" and argues that the company should have sought permission from authors or paid a licensing fee to use copyrighted works.
- The Authors Guild is seeking unspecified actual damages or statutory damages up to $150,000 for each infringed work, and argues that the use of copyrighted works threatens the livelihood of writers.
- OpenAI has previously argued that such claims misconceive the scope of copyright and fail to take into account limitations and exceptions that allow for innovations like large language models.