Literary giants launch lawsuit against Open AI

Our panel weighs in on the legal battle launched by several famous authors, including George R.R. Martin, against Artificial Intelligence company, Open AI.
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THE COMPANY THAT CREATED CHATGPT. CHATGPT. HE OTHERS, INCLUDING HE OTHERS, INCLUDING JOHN GRISHAM, WHO IS BOOKS JOHN GRISHAM, WHO IS BOOKS INSPIRED MOVIES LIKE THE FIRM INSPIRED MOVIES LIKE THE FIRM A TIME TO KILL, ARE AMONG A TIME TO KILL, ARE AMONG THE 17 WRITERS JOINING THE 17 WRITERS JOINING THE AUTHORS GUILD, BRINGING THE AUTHORS GUILD, BRINGING THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ALLEGING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ,AMONG OTHER CLAIMS. ,AMONG OTHER CLAIMS. THEY SAY THAT OPEN A.I. THEY SAY THAT OPEN A.I. USE THEIR BOOKS TO TRAIN ITS USE THEIR BOOKS TO TRAIN ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, AND THAT THE TRAINING CREATES AND THAT THE TRAINING CREATES WORKS THAT VIOLATE COPYRIGHT WORKS THAT VIOLATE COPYRIGHT LAWS. LAWS. SPOKESPERSON FOR OPENAI, I SAID SPOKESPERSON FOR OPENAI, I SAID IN A STATEMENT, CREATIVE IN A STATEMENT, CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD USE CHATGPT AS PART OF THEIR USE CHATGPT AS PART OF THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS. CREATIVE PROCESS. WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF WRITERS AND AUTHORS OF WRITERS AND AUTHORS AND BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BENEFIT AND BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BENEFIT FROM A.I. TECHNOLOGY. FROM A.I. TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY CREATORS AROUND WITH MANY CREATORS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE AUTHORS GUILD, AND HAVE THE AUTHORS GUILD, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING COOPERATIVELY BEEN WORKING COOPERATIVELY TO UNDERSTAND AND DISCUSS TO UNDERSTAND AND DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS. THEIR CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE? WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE? OPENING AI, THE CREATOR OPENING AI, THE CREATOR OF CHATGPT, SAYS, LOOKING FOR OF CHATGPT, SAYS, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE UTILIZE WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY IN WHAT THEY CALL TECHNOLOGY IN WHAT THEY CALL A CONTENT ECOSYSTEM. A CONTENT ECOSYSTEM. YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS WHERE YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS WHERE THEY ON WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT. THEY ON WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT. THAT'S WHAT TRADES. THAT'S WHAT TRADES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ABOUT. THERE ARE SOME LIKE OPENAI THERE ARE SOME LIKE OPENAI WHERE WHAT THEY PUT IN, WHERE WHAT THEY PUT IN, HOW THEY TRAIN IT IS. HOW THEY TRAIN IT IS. THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT WILL SAY THEY WON'T PUT THAT WILL SAY THEY WON'T PUT ANYTHING THAT'S COPYRIGHTED ANYTHING THAT'S COPYRIGHTED INTO IT. INTO IT. SO THAT'S THE MAIN QUESTION SO THAT'S THE MAIN QUESTION HERE IS WHAT DO COMPANIES DO? HERE IS WHAT DO COMPANIES DO? AND THEN, OF COURSE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE MORE LAWSUITS LIKE THIS IN THE MORE LAWSUITS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT PULL BACK THE FUTURE THAT MIGHT PULL BACK THE CURTAIN ON HOW SOME OF CURTAIN ON HOW SOME OF THE SAUSAGE IS MADE HERE. THE SAUSAGE IS MADE HERE. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE? WHAT'S YOUR TAKE? THE LAWSUIT CALLS THIS THE LAWSUIT CALLS THIS A SYSTEMIC THEFT ON A MASSIVE A SYSTEMIC THEFT ON A MASSIVE SCALE. SCALE. YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO SET THE PARAMETERS IS GOING TO SET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT IS RIGHT IN COPYRIGHT OF WHAT IS RIGHT IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. INFRINGEMENT. IT'S KIND OF MINDS ARE LIKE IT'S KIND OF MINDS ARE LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHEN RADIO FIRST THE OLD DAYS WHEN RADIO FIRST STARTED AND THEY START PLAYING STARTED AND THEY START PLAYING ARTISTS ON IT. ARTISTS ON IT. THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME LAWSUITS THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME LAWSUITS TO SET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT TO SET THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GET COMPENSATED FOR THAT. COMPENSATED FOR THAT. AND THAT'S ALL THEY'RE TRYING AND THAT'S ALL THEY'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, I THINK JUST TO DO HERE, I THINK JUST LITIGATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT LITIGATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S GOING TO SET AND IT'S GOING TO SET THE PARAMETERS WHICH CAN THE PARAMETERS WHICH CAN BE OTHER LITIGATION. BE OTHER LITIGATION. AND I WILL BE I DON'T AND I WILL BE I DON'T ACCORDINGLY, RACHEL, TALK ACCORDINGLY, RACHEL, TALK ABOUT THE PARAMETERS, ANY ABOUT THE PARAMETERS, ANY ATTENTION TO THIS ON CAPITOL ATTENTION TO THIS ON CAPITOL HILL, ANY ACTUAL MOVEMENT HILL, ANY ACTUAL MOVEMENT TOWARD REGULATING AI FROM TOWARD REGULATING AI FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT THERE. YOUR VANTAGE POINT THERE. SO MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SO MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER IN THE SENATE, SCHUMER IN THE SENATE, HE'S TALKING A LOT MORE ABOUT HE'S TALKING A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS. THIS. THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU ASKED THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU ASKED LAWMAKERS ABOUT. LAWMAKERS ABOUT. A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW A LOT OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS. WHAT IT IS. THEY'RE JUST STARTING TO GET THEY'RE JUST STARTING TO GET BRIEFINGS ON IT. BRIEFINGS ON IT. BUT SCHUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING BUT SCHUMER WAS ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF TECH GIANTS TO THE A LOT OF TECH GIANTS TO THE HILL TO HAVE PRELIMINARY HILL TO HAVE PRELIMINARY HEARINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE AI HEARINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE AI AND WHAT REGULATIONS MAY NEED AND WHAT REGULATIONS MAY NEED TO BE WRITTEN OR PASSED INTO TO BE WRITTEN OR PASSED INTO LAW IN ORDER TO SORT OF PROTECT LAW IN ORDER TO SORT OF PROTECT PEOPLE GOING FORWARD. PEOPLE GOING FORWARD. LOOK, I A BOOK I SPENT LOOK, I A BOOK I SPENT THREE YEARS DOING IT. THREE YEARS DOING IT. I POURED MY HEART AND SOUL INTO I POURED MY HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT BOOK. THAT BOOK. SO GET WHY THESE AUTHORS ARE, SO GET WHY THESE AUTHORS ARE, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATED IF YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATED IF THEY'RE WORK IS BEING RIPPED THEY'RE WORK IS BEING RIPPED OFF. OFF. YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN THEY PUT YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN THEY PUT ALL THAT SWEAT INTO THAT INTO ALL THAT SWEAT INTO THAT INTO THEIR WORKS AND TO SEE THEIR WORKS AND TO SEE THAT SORT OF STOLEN YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF STOLEN YOU KNOW, I GET THAT FROM AN AUTHOR I GET THAT FROM AN AUTHOR STANDPOINT AND I GOT TO ASK STANDPOINT AND I GOT TO ASK YOU, I MEAN, DO THESE WRITERS YOU, I MEAN, DO THESE WRITERS HAVE A CASE? HAVE A CASE? I THINK THEY DO HAVE A CASE. I THINK THEY DO HAVE A CASE. YOU THERE'S A COPYRIGHT YOU THERE'S A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WHENEVER AN INFRINGEMENT WHENEVER AN AUTHOR'S OR PRODUCERS WORK AUTHOR'S OR PRODUCERS WORK IS REPRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED IS REPRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED OR ADAPTED WITHOUT OR ADAPTED WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION OR THEIR PERMISSION OR COMPENSATION AND BASICALLY COMPENSATION AND BASICALLY TRAGIC CONCEDES THAT ITS OWN TRAGIC CONCEDES THAT ITS OWN PRODUCT WOULDN'T EXIST IF PRODUCT WOULDN'T EXIST IF THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO FEED THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO FEED IT. IT. ALL OF THESE COPYRIGHT ALL OF THESE COPYRIGHT INFORMATION AND THE OTHER PART INFORMATION AND THE OTHER PART OF IT, THEY'RE MAKING PROFIT OF IT, THEY'RE MAKING PROFIT FROM THAT. FROM THAT. BUT USERS OF CHATGPT CAN NOW BUT USERS OF CHATGPT CAN NOW GENERATE CAN CREATE WHAT ARE GENERATE CAN CREATE WHAT ARE CALLED DERIVATIVE WORKS FROM CALLED DERIVATIVE WORKS FROM THEIR ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS THEIR ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS AS WELL. AS WELL. SO I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE SO I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG CASE AND THIS A VERY STRONG CASE AND THIS WILL BE A CASE WHERE WE'LL HAVE WILL BE A CASE WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW TECHNOLOGY ADAPTS TO SEE HOW TECHNOLOGY ADAPTS TO THE LAW OR VICE VERSA. TO THE LAW OR VICE VERSA. I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS NOT I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS NOT THE LAST PANEL WE WILL HAVE THE LAST PANEL WE WILL HAVE HERE. HERE. THAT IS OUR LAST

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