Authors sue OpenAI over use of copyrighted books in ChatGPT training
Authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay have filed a class action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that their copyrighted books were used without permission to train ChatGPT. The complaint claims the chatbot generated 'very accurate summaries' of the novels, indicating they were part of the training data. The lawsuit seeks monetary damages on behalf of all US-based authors whose works were allegedly used. OpenAI has been approached for comment but the case is ongoing.
- Date it happened
- 2023-06-28
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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