This lawsuit is the third proposed copyright-infringement class action filed by authors against OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft. Other companies, including Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Stability AI, have also faced lawsuits from copyright owners over the use of their work in AI training. The authors are seeking an unspecified amount in damages and an order to halt OpenAI's "unlawful and unfair business practices."
Key takeaways:
- A group of U.S. authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, has sued OpenAI in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the AI company of misusing their writing to train its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.
- The authors claim that OpenAI copied their works without permission to teach ChatGPT to respond to human text prompts.
- This lawsuit is at least the third proposed copyright-infringement class action filed by authors against Microsoft-backed OpenAI. Other companies, including Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Stability AI, have also faced similar lawsuits.
- The authors are seeking an unspecified amount of money damages and an order blocking OpenAI's "unlawful and unfair business practices."