The Authors Guild and 17 authors are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement
This from the AG email announcement is instructive:
"I also wish to clarify that the Authors Guild is not against AI. We recognize that it can be a valuable resource. But it should be a tool human beings wield, not one that is weaponized against us.
"This suit is really about stopping wholesale theft of our work."
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/20/john-grisham-george-rr-martin-other-prominent-authors-sue-openai.html
#AI #Writing #WritingCommunity
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