Two writers are suing OpenAI, accusing the company of ingesting their books to train ChatGPT.
A law professor anticipates more lawsuits involving copyright law and generative AI in the future.
Two award-winning authors recently sued OpenAI, accusing the generative-AI bastion of violating copyright law by using their published books to train ChatGPT without their consent.
The suit is the latest example of tension between creatives and generative AI tools capable of producing text and images in seconds.
Daniel Gervais, a law professor at Vanderbilt University, told Insider that the writers' lawsuit is one of a handful of copyright cases against generative AI tools nationwide.
Persons:
OpenAI, Mona Awad, Paul Tremblay, Daniel Gervais, Gervais, Awad, Andres Guadamuz, Guadamuz, Tremblay
Organizations:
Morning, Vanderbilt University, University of Sussex, Guardian, Big Tech
Locations:
US, Northern California