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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement::John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

AI proponents seem to think it’s the Wild West

How exactly has OpenAI harmed GRRM? It's not like you can ask it to output a free copy of an entire book.

Last I checked, the author is doing just fine, and I'm sure if he finishes another book before retiring it will sell very well regardless of the outcome of this lawsuit.

Also - I bet if OpenAI's balance sheet were public there wouldn't be any profits to be found. They're losing money hand over fist.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If they used his works to train models without arranging proper licensing prior they've been unjustly enriched.