OpenAI Faces Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Training Data

OpenAI Inc. Faces Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Training Dataset

OpenAI Inc. is once again in hot water as it faces another class action copyright lawsuit, this time over its popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco federal court, alleges that ChatGPT’s machine learning training dataset is comprised of books and texts that were copied without permission from the authors.

The complaint, filed by science fiction and horror author Paul Tremblay and novelist Mona Awad, claims that ChatGPT provides accurate summaries of their works, leading them to believe that their books were copied and used without consent by OpenAI. The authors allege that OpenAI sourced a significant portion of ChatGPT’s training dataset from “shadow libraries” like Library Genesis and Sci-Hub, which illegally publish copyrighted works.

This is not the first legal battle OpenAI has faced in recent months. The company has been hit with multiple lawsuits alleging copyright infringement and privacy violations related to its AI models. In a separate class action lawsuit, OpenAI was accused of illegally scraping personal information from the internet in violation of privacy laws.

The lawsuit against OpenAI raises important questions about the use of copyrighted material to train generative AI models. Courts have yet to determine whether this practice constitutes copyright infringement. The authors behind the lawsuit are represented by the Joseph Saveri Law Firm LLP.

OpenAI has not yet responded to the allegations in the lawsuit. It remains to be seen how the company will address these legal challenges as the case unfolds in court.