Comedian and actor Sarah Silverman has taken legal action against OpenAI and Meta, claiming that these technology companies developed artificial intelligence tools that illegally copied her memoir, “The Bedwetter.” Silverman, known for her Emmy-winning performances and time on “Saturday Night Live,” is joining other content creators in suing over large language models (LLMs), which are the foundation of emerging generative AI applications like ChatGPT. LLMs acquire their functionality by “training” on vast amounts of written content, including works by both professional and amateur writers.
Silverman’s legal team argues that training AI with others’ intellectual property, including copyrighted material such as books, is unethical. In simultaneous complaints filed on July 7 by authors Chris Golden and Richard Kadrey, Silverman accuses OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and Meta, owned by Facebook, of copying her work without consent, credit, or compensation. The plaintiffs are seeking injunctions to prevent OpenAI and Meta from using their works, as well as monetary damages.
The complaints, submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, include exhibits in which ChatGPT is requested to summarize Silverman’s memoir and other authors’ works. The AI tool provides accurate summaries, but it also includes verbatim excerpts without the customary copyright information found in these books. This demonstrates that it was fed complete copies of the works, according to the complaint.
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OpenAI and Meta both trained their LLMs, in part, using “shadow libraries” that contain illegally pirated books, according to the attorneys representing the authors. These “shadow libraries” are deemed “flagrantly illegal.” The plaintiffs’ lawyers highlight that books are ideal training materials for generative AI tools because they offer excellent examples of high-quality, longform writing, referring to internal research from OpenAI.
OpenAI and Meta have not yet responded to requests for comment. Attorneys Joseph Saveri and Matthew Butterick, who represent the authors, previously sued Stability AI on behalf of visual artists who accused the “parasite” app of exploiting their work. Last year, the same duo filed a lawsuit against GitHub, alleging that its AI-assisted coding tool was built using stolen code from other programmers.
The field of AI is experiencing a significant influx of funding as investors position themselves for what is believed to be the next major breakthrough in computing. However, commercial applications of the technology have had mixed success thus far. Attempts to use generative AI for news article production have resulted in content filled with basic errors and blatant plagiarism. Furthermore, a lawyer who used ChatGPT for legal filings was fined after the tool fabricated nonexistent cases for incorporation into the briefs.
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