Copyright Allegations Against OpenAI's Generative Language Models: Harm Prevention and AI Governance

June 11, 2018

In a class action lawsuit, two authors claimed that OpenAI infringed copyrights by incorporating unauthorized 'shadow libraries' containing copyrighted books in the training data of its generative LLMs like ChatGPT. This AI incident underscores the need for trustworthy AI practices and guardrails for AI, particularly in relation to the Govern function of Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US
Alleged deployer
openai
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
paul-tremblay, mona-awad, authors-of-copyrighted-works

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