Lawsuit Says OpenAI Violated US Authors' Copyrights to Train AI

What is the main allegation made by the authors against OpenAI in the proposed class action lawsuit?

• OpenAI used its works to train its artificial intelligence system.

• OpenAI misused copyrighted material without permission.

• OpenAI infringed upon the authors' copyrights by mining data.

What is the basis of the authors' claim regarding OpenAI's use of their works?

• OpenAI copied data from thousands of books without permission.

• OpenAI used the authors' books to train its generative AI system.

• OpenAI incorporated copyrighted material from "shadow libraries" in its training data.

Which companies have faced legal challenges over the use of material to train AI systems?

• OpenAI and Microsoft's GitHub.

• Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt.

• Both answers are correct.

How do generative AI systems like ChatGPT create content?

• By utilizing scraped data from the internet.

• By using copyrighted works with proper permission.

• By generating original content without external sources.

How did the authors determine that ChatGPT had their books in its database?

• OpenAI admitted to using their books for training

• ChatGPT provided accurate summaries of their books...

• The authors found their books in OpenAI's training data.

What is the objective of the proposed class action lawsuit?

• To seek monetary damages on behalf of copyright owners affected by OpenAI's actions.

• To halt the use of copyrighted material in AI systems.

• To bring awareness to the issue of data scraping by AI companies.

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