Three authors have filed suits against OpenAI and Meta, alleging that their AI models used their works as training material through the use of 'shadow libraries'.
A group of authors have filed joint lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta with allegations that their AI products used copyrighted materials without permission.
How Did GridBeyond, A Humble Dublin Firm, Manage to Acquire US Nasdaq Titan Veritone?One of the plaintiffs in these claims is comedian and author Sarah Silverman, with other authors involved being Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey. The two suits are targeting OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's LLaMA.
These AI systems run on large language models, which are trained on massive volumes of text in order to achieve tasks, such as generating text, responding to questions, and creating different types of content.
The lawsuits claim the large language models developed by these companies were trained on illegally "shadow libraries", websites that contain pirated versions of the authors' books. Examples of these sites include Library Genesis, Z-Library, Sci-Hub, and Bibliotik.
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Lawyers Joseph Saveri and Matthew Butterick are representing the three authors in these cases. On their website LLMlitigation, these laywers claim they have are representing two other authors – Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad – in a separate case against ChatGPT and the large language models it operates on.
"Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT system in March 2023, we've been hearing from writers, authors, and publishers who are concerned about its uncanny ability to generate text similar to that found in copyrighted textual materials, including thousands of books," the website says.
How is Huawei Revolutionizing Industrial AI with Their Latest Model?"It's a great pleasure to stand up on behalf of authors and continue the vital conversation about how AI will coexist with human culture and creativity."
Last month, it was revealed that OpenAI is facing a major class-action lawsuit from a US law firm for allegedly scraping the internet to train ChatGPT, potentially violating the rights of millions.
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