OpenAI and Microsoft: From AI Wizards to Accused Plagiarists?
Intro: Being Smart Isn’t the Same as Being Original
OpenAI and Microsoft, the big names in the artificial intelligence realm, are allegedly getting a little too creative with their ingenuity. Instead of inventing the next fancy recipe for synthetic consciousness, they’ve whipped up a cocktail of controversy with a pinch of alleged plagiarism. Three bold progressive US news outlets— the Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet, have flung lawsuit arrows at them, claiming these tech giants have treated themselves to a buffet of copyright-protected journalism for ChatGPT’s development. Spoiler alert: the chef did not get the permission to use these special, copyrighted ingredients!
The Bulleted Lowdown on the Lawsuit Drama
- The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet have officially accused OpenAI and Microsoft of being impolite AI dinner guests, at a feast they weren’t invited to. They allege the tech behemoths have scavenged their copyright-protected articles to nourish ChatGPT, OpenAI’s star AI tool.
- The outlets have expressed dissatisfaction with how the training of ChatGPT was conducted. They claim that it involved more copying and pasting than a lazy high-schooler’s history essay, with ChatGPT failing to acknowledge where it’s sourcing its responses from.
- The claims have transformed into full-blown lawsuits and the outlets are seeking compensation for, what they believe, is a clear copyright violation. They also demand that users of the AI should be notified when an answer is based on someone else’s copyrighted hard work.
Closing Thoughts: Confusion in the AI Kitchen?
In this unfolding AI-drama, it appears the recipe called for a smidge of creative inspiration but might have ended up with a large serving of alleged plagiarism instead. While the tech giants are busy cooking up artificial intelligence wonders in their labs, they may have overlooked proper permissions and attributions on their ingredient lists (or in this case, the news articles). Now, they find themselves on the receiving end of lawsuits, and in the messy situation of defining what respecting copyright means in the fast-evolving world of AI. This will undoubtedly be a case to watch, especially for other AI chefs out there! Remember folks, giving credit where credit is due is not only classy, it’s also, you know, legal.
As part of this experiment I would like to give credit where credit is due. If you enjoy these, please take a moment to read the original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/28/media-outlets-sue-openai-copyright-infringement
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