The company's move to limit the scope of discovery comes amid concerns that communications from former and current executives could be leaked. This follows recent news involving Sutskever, who suggested that OpenAI's advanced large language models are plateauing. Sutskever, who attempted to oust CEO Sam Altman last year, left the firm to start his own venture. OpenAI is concerned that if his texts and DMs are released, they could contain embarrassing details.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from the Authors Guild, representing writers like George R.R. Martin and John Grisham, alleging the company used copyrighted works without permission to train its AI models.
- The company is asking a judge to limit the scope of discovery to prevent insider communications, including text messages and social media DMs, from being made public.
- The Guild has requested documents from 24 initial insiders and eight additional figures, including OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever and researcher Jan Lieke, both of whom left the company this year.
- Sutskever, who recently left OpenAI and started his own venture, was a leading proponent of an attempt to oust CEO Sam Altman and has expressed concerns about the plateauing abilities of OpenAI's advanced large language models.