One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to train artificial intelligence.

Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI::One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence.

  • @BetaDoggo_English
    1•1 year ago

    By that definition of copying Google is infringing on millions of copyrights through their search engine, and anyone viewing a copyrighted work online is also making an unauthorized copy. These companies are using data from public sources that others have access to. They are doing no more copying than a normal user viewing a webpage.

    • @IchNichtenLichtenEnglish
      -2•1 year ago

      I don’t think so. Your comparisons aren’t really relevant. If Google scrapes a page containing copywritten material inadvertently and serves this to a user there are mechanisms to take down that content or face a lawsuit. Try posting a movie on Youtube, if a copyright holder notifies Google that content will be taken down.

      Training a LLM is different, that material was used to help build the model and is now a part of that product. That creates a legal liability.