Nearly 8,500 authors of fiction, non-fiction and poetry from around the world have signed an open letter. oh manufacturers. The open letter urges the tech companies behind big language models like ChatGPT, Bard, LLAMA and others not to use his writings without permission or compensation. writers associationOpen Letter to Generative AI Leaders calls on the CEOs of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI and IBM to give consent, credit and fair compensation to authors for the use of copyrighted material in training AI.
“These technologies copy and revive our language, stories, style and ideas. Millions of copyrighted books, articles, essays and poems provide ‘food’ for AI systems, endless food for which there is no bill,” the letter reads. It further states, “As a result of embedding our writing into your systems, generative AI threatens to harm our profession by flooding the market with mediocre, machine-written books, stories and journalism based on our work.” gives.” Jennifer Egan on the list of signatories, nora robertsJodi Picoult, Louise Erdrich, Michael Cole, Suzanne CollinsMargaret Atwood, viet thanh nguyeneven more.
The letter has three key actions for the companies and asks them to do the following:
1. Get permission to use our copyrighted material in your generative AI programs.
2. Compensate authors appropriately for past and ongoing use of our works in your generic AI programs.
3. Compensate authors appropriately for the use of our works in AI outputs, whether or not the outputs are infringing under existing law.
“These technologies copy and revive our language, stories, style and ideas. Millions of copyrighted books, articles, essays and poems provide ‘food’ for AI systems, endless food for which there is no bill,” the letter reads. It further states, “As a result of embedding our writing into your systems, generative AI threatens to harm our profession by flooding the market with mediocre, machine-written books, stories and journalism based on our work.” gives.” Jennifer Egan on the list of signatories, nora robertsJodi Picoult, Louise Erdrich, Michael Cole, Suzanne CollinsMargaret Atwood, viet thanh nguyeneven more.
The letter has three key actions for the companies and asks them to do the following:
1. Get permission to use our copyrighted material in your generative AI programs.
2. Compensate authors appropriately for past and ongoing use of our works in your generic AI programs.
3. Compensate authors appropriately for the use of our works in AI outputs, whether or not the outputs are infringing under existing law.