OpenAI’s ChatGPT training may be a ‘problem’ for some authors

Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence research startup OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022. The generative AI model can respond to users’ text prompts in a human-like conversational way. Just two months after its launch, the AI system became the fastest-growing consumer app as it reached 100 million active users in January. According to a report by Reuters, two US-based authors have sued OpenAI in San Francisco federal court. The lawsuit is part of a proposed class action where other copyright owners have also accused the company of misusing their works to “train” its popular generative AI tool, ChatGPT.

OpenAI sued by US authors

The lawsuit filed by Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad claims that OpenAI has ChatGPT infringed the authors’ copyrights.