It’s another chapter in the authors’ battle with artificial intelligence (AI) that could set precedents around the world. The AI company, Anthropic is facing a class action lawsuit in the US brought by three authors who accuse the company of using pirated versions of their work to train its AI-powered language model.
Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace, writers and journalists, are the authors of a lawsuit alleging unauthorized access to the contents of their books.
However, since this is a popular campaign, other claimants may join the complaint in the meantime. If this happens, it will increase the size of the case, its media coverage, and the possible damages that the courts will have to assess. The plaintiffs have already asked the court to immediately prohibit Anthropic from using the content. A representative of the target company has already confirmed to the international press that the company is aware of this campaign, but will not comment for now.
This isn’t the first lawsuit of its kind that Anthropic has faced. Last year, companies including Universal Music, ABKCO, and Concord Publishing accused the tech company of using their artists’ copyrighted works to train its chatbot, Claude.
OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta have also been involved in similar processes due to the creation of new AI programs that, when combing the entire web, end up using so much copyrighted content, sometimes illegally distributed by third parties, as open access and unprotected content.
Author: Vanessa Fidalgo
Source: CM Jornal
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