George RR Martin sues OpenAI for copyright infringement
6 months ago
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- A federal judge allowed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft to proceed, citing potential copyright infringement.
- The lawsuit involves authors like George R.R. Martin, who claim their works were used without permission to train AI models.
- A ChatGPT-generated book idea for Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series was cited as evidence of similarity to copyrighted works.
- The judge has not yet ruled on whether OpenAI's use falls under 'fair use,' a key legal defense in copyright cases.
- A similar case involving Anthropic was settled earlier this year, with the company agreeing to pay $1.5 billion to affected authors.