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11 authors of popular science literature sued Microsoft and OpenAI.
A group of 11 authors of popular science books, including Pulitzer Prize winners, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan against OpenAI and Microsoft. They accuse these companies of illegally using their works to train the artificial intelligence underlying the well-known chatbot ChatGPT.
The plaintiffs include prominent writers Taylor Branch, Stacey Schiff and Kai Bird, authors of Robert Oppenheimer's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus, which was adapted into the film Oppenheimer earlier this year. The writers claimed that their copyright was infringed because their work was used to train GPT models without their consent. The respondent companies have not yet provided official comments on this matter.
The authors lawyer, Rohit Nath, stressed that the authors deserve fair compensation for using their books, from which companies derive billions of dollars in revenue.
This lawsuit is part of a broader legal campaign involving prominent authors such as John Grisham and George R. R. Martin. They also accused OpenAI of misuse of their work in the development of artificial intelligence.
However, this is currently the first time that Microsoft has acted as a co-respondent. The plaintiffs noted that the IT giant invested billions of dollars in an artificial intelligence startup and integrated OpenAI systems into its products.
The authors demand that the court recover compensation from the companies, the amount of which has not yet been determined, and impose an injunction on the use of their works.
A group of 11 authors of popular science books, including Pulitzer Prize winners, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan against OpenAI and Microsoft. They accuse these companies of illegally using their works to train the artificial intelligence underlying the well-known chatbot ChatGPT.
The plaintiffs include prominent writers Taylor Branch, Stacey Schiff and Kai Bird, authors of Robert Oppenheimer's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus, which was adapted into the film Oppenheimer earlier this year. The writers claimed that their copyright was infringed because their work was used to train GPT models without their consent. The respondent companies have not yet provided official comments on this matter.
The authors lawyer, Rohit Nath, stressed that the authors deserve fair compensation for using their books, from which companies derive billions of dollars in revenue.
This lawsuit is part of a broader legal campaign involving prominent authors such as John Grisham and George R. R. Martin. They also accused OpenAI of misuse of their work in the development of artificial intelligence.
However, this is currently the first time that Microsoft has acted as a co-respondent. The plaintiffs noted that the IT giant invested billions of dollars in an artificial intelligence startup and integrated OpenAI systems into its products.
The authors demand that the court recover compensation from the companies, the amount of which has not yet been determined, and impose an injunction on the use of their works.
