The authors are seeking an unspecified amount in damages and an order to halt OpenAI's alleged "unlawful and unfair business practices." This comes after thousands of authors demanded in July that AI firms get permission and pay writers for using their works in AI training. The lawsuit follows previous legal actions against OpenAI and other companies, including Microsoft and Meta Platforms, over copyright infringement in AI training.
Key takeaways:
- A group of authors has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI firm of using their works without permission for training its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT.
- The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI included the authors' works in ChatGPT's training dataset without obtaining proper authorization.
- This is part of a series of proposed copyright-infringement class actions filed by authors against OpenAI and other companies involved in AI training.
- The authors' lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money damages and an order to block OpenAI's alleged 'unlawful and unfair business practices'.