In its early versions, OpenAI listed the sources of its data (something it has since clammed up about), and in those datasets, we found tens of thousands of our stories. OpenAI never asked for permission to use our work, nor did they offer to pay a licensing fee. Not then, when they were building their business, and not now when they are getting ready for an initial public offering that may end up around $1 trillion. Nor, so far as we know, did OpenAI ask for permission or a license from the countless other publishers, writers, creators, or internet posters (including, perhaps, you) whose intellectual property they ingested. Some publishers are fighting back, and we are one of them. For the last two years we’ve been involved in a lawsuit asking OpenAI to respect our copyright, and September 4 marks a crucial deadline, when both sides are asking the court to decide the case ahead of going to trial. So it seems a good time to unpack what’s going on, because this is about a lot more than journalism. submitted by /u/motherjonesmag
Originally posted by u/motherjonesmag on r/ArtificialInteligence
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