Demandan a OpenAI por utilizar obras de ficción para entrenar sus modelos de inteligencia artificial; aseguran que viola derechos de autor

Numerous prominent authors have filed a collective lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company trained its large language models, such as GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, using copyrighted fiction without obtaining the necessary licenses. This legal action highlights the severe threat AI poses to creative professions, as the models allegedly scraped content from pirate websites to replicate authors' styles. The suit emphasizes that this unauthorized use causes existential damage to writers by enabling the generation of texts that mimic their original work, thereby undermining their intellectual property rights and economic livelihood. A critical concern raised in the complaint is that users can now command these systems to produce content imitating specific authors, including generating unauthorized continuations of popular literary series. This capability allows third parties to distribute and profit from AI-generated narratives that infringe on the original creators' proprietary characters and stories. The Authors Guild argues that this facilitates clear intellectual property violations, as commercial entities may exploit these simulated texts, further eroding the value and control authors have over their creative outputs in the digital marketplace. This case is highly relevant to open data because it directly confronts the transparency and sourcing challenges inherent in training foundational AI models. As the open data community grapples with the ethics of scraping publicly available information, this lawsuit underscores the urgent need for clear guidelines on data provenance and copyright compliance. It serves as a pivotal example of how the open collection of data for machine learning must balance technological innovation with legal and ethical responsibilities toward content creators, influencing future debates on responsible AI development and data usage policies.

Source: semana.com
Published on 2023-09-23

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