AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, strive to become a highly influential technological force comparable to the impact of the internet.
News organizations, writers, music publishers, and other parties are requesting a portion of the earnings due to the use of their copyrighted works in training the chatbots’ extensive language models.
The Bloomberg report coincides with a period when Microsoft and OpenAI faced a copyright infringement lawsuit from The New York Times.
AI Chatbots encounter copyright issues when they replicate the work of poets, artists, and others during searches. Bloomberg’s report highlights that AI chatbots like ChatGPT aim to disrupt the tech industry significantly, akin to the internet’s transformative impact. These advanced AI systems have consumed a vast amount of content, including songs, poetry, contracts, movie scripts, photo essays, and novels from the 19th century, among other sources.
AI Chatbots Encounter Issues
Bloomberg highlights that ChatGPT and other AI chatbots can generate texts, graphics, and audio that rival the work of a talented human. However, this process involves analyzing existing information, identifying patterns, and leveraging them to generate fresh content.
These generative artificial intelligence systems have consumed a vast array of content, including songs, poetry, contracts, scripts, essays, and novels from the 19th century, among other sources, as they strive to become a highly influential technological force.
There is a price attached to this in-depth examination of human history. News organizations, writers, music publishers, and other parties are requesting a portion of the earnings due to using their copyrighted works to train the chatbots’ extensive language models.
The AI Chatbot’s Past Issues
The Bloomberg report coincides with a period when Microsoft and OpenAI have previously faced a copyright infringement lawsuit from The New York Times. The lawsuit filed by the NYT claims that the companies responsible for ChatGPT and other popular AI systems have unjustly used its written works.
The Federal District Court in Manhattan received the complaint. It argues that automated chatbots, trained on millions of articles published by The Times, are now competing directly with the news outlet as reliable sources of information.
So far, the OpenAI and New York Times case has shed light on a significant area. News organizations must ensure they rely on credible sources of information, and they should question whether artificial intelligence can be trusted for this purpose. However, if AI tools and bots try to imitate journalistic organizations, it raises concerns about the reliability of the information they gather.
The case also raised the question of utilizing data instead of simply duplicating it. Numerous copyright holders are taking legal action against tech companies, accusing them of using their works for AI training. Groups of writers, graphic artists, and music publishers are also among the copyright holders. Meanwhile, tech giants argue that these cases threaten the future growth of the sector, which experts project to be worth trillions of dollars.
