The new copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI comes a week after The New York Times filed a similar complaint in New York.

Microsoft, OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by nonfiction book authors in class action claim::The new copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI comes a week after The New York Times filed a similar complaint in New York.

    • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Stifling a writing tool because GRRM wants a payday, on the basis that it can spit out small parts of his work if you specifically ask it too, is the opposite of advancing the art.

      …yet allowing individuals to build upon existing works. Its literally the rest of the statement you put in bold, stop trying not to see on purpose.

        • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I’m clearly talking about the technology when I say tool (large language models) and not the company itself.

          If we can’t freely use copyrighted material to train, it completely and unequivocally kills any kind of open source or even small to medium model. Only a handful of companies would have enough data or funds to build LLMs. And since AI will be able to do virtually all desk jobs in the near future, it would guarantee Microsoft and Google owning the economy.

          So no, I’m not taking the sides of the corporation. The corporations want more barriers and more laws, it kills competition and broadens their moat.

          I don’t think GRRM is evil, just a greedy asshole that’s willingly playing into their hand. I also don’t think loss of potential profit because the domain has been made even more competitive equals stealing. Nothing was stolen, the barrier for entry has been lowered.

          This isn’t helping anyone except big name author, the owners of publishing houses and Microsoft. The small time authors and artist arent getting a dime. Why should literally the rest of us get screwed so a couple of fat cats can have an other payday? How is this advancing the arts?

            • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              10 months ago

              It doesn’t matter what the subject is about, tim clearly not saying OpenAI the company when I use the term “writing tool”

              I’m advocating for us and society as a whole. If only google and Microsoft hold the keys to AI, we all end up paying a surtax on everything we buy because every business will be forced into a subscription model to use it and stay competitive.

              There is too much data involved to ask for consent, you would just end up with big players trading with each other. The small artists wouldn’t get a dime, only Getty and Adobe. It’s literally not pheasible.

              Nothing was stolen except future potential jobs. You can’t own a style or anything of the kind.

              The small artists aren’t going to get any kind of benefit out of these lawsuits. It sucks that it’s even more saturated of a market but the good ones learn to use these tools (LLMs and img/vid gen) to elevate their own art and push the boundaries.