OpenAI's Training Data for LLMs Allegedly Comprised of Copyrighted Books

June 11, 2018

Two authors filed a class action lawsuit, claiming OpenAI violated copyrights by integrating 'shadow libraries', containing unauthorized copies of copyrighted books, within the training data of their generative language models (e.g., ChatGPT). This incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and responsible governance in utilizing diverse datasets.

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Alleged deployer: openai
Alleged developer: openai
Alleged harmed parties: paul-tremblay, mona-awad, authors-of-copyrighted-works

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