Two authors are suing OpenAI for training ChatGPT with their books. Could they win?

  • Written by: Dilan Thampapillai, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney
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Imagine you read a book. You commit details of the book to memory and ruminate on the ideas contained in it.

Somebody then asks you a question about the book. You provide them with a written response.

Would you be surprised if the author of the book tried to sue you for copyright infringement?

OpenAI is facing exactly this...

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