In recent legal news, Kai Bird, the co-author of “Oppenheimer,” and several other Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction writers, have aligned in an ongoing class action against tech giant Microsoft and OpenAI. The precedent-setting legal battle, unfolding in New York federal court, centers around claims that Microsoft and OpenAI have illegally used copyrighted works as training material for their AI program, ChatGPT, without obtaining due permission.
According to the filing, the writers assert that their rights have been infringed upon, as their copyrighted works were used without their knowledge or consent. The suit marks one of the first times such high-profile writers have banded together to challenge the use of their created works in this novel context.
Details of the case continue to emerge and will indeed set a precedent in the arena of AI and copyright law. The impact on how tech companies utilise literary works to train AI models in the future could be massively influenced by the outcome of this groundbreaking legal action. For more in-depth information, refer to the briefing available at Law360.