OpenAI Plans to Offer Copyright Assistance to Users Facing Legal Claims
During OpenAI’s first developer day conference, CEO Sam Altman announced a new policy to protect customers facing copyright lawsuits. The company intends to defend its customers by covering the costs incurred if they face legal claims related to copyright infringement. This initiative, known as “Copyright Shield,” is available to ChatGPT Enterprise users and its developer platform, according to a statement posted on the company’s website.
The move is seen as an effort to alleviate concerns arising from unresolved copyright claims against generative AI systems. OpenAI is currently involved in several lawsuits related to unauthorized use of copyrighted material in the training data for its ChatGPT system. These legal battles have been initiated by authors and artists, including a group of authors, which includes George R.R. Martin, creator of “Game of Thrones,” as well as Getty Images.
The US Copyright Office has been grappling with the challenges posed by AI-generated content. Industry giants, including Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, have called for users of generative AI tools to be held responsible for the results produced.
OpenAI clarified that any liability for copyright infringement should fall on the user, as there is no output without a prompt from the user, and the nature of the output is influenced by what was asked for. This stance was supported by Google, the owner of ChatGPT’s rival, Bard, in its comments to the US Copyright Office.
Overall, this new policy from OpenAI is designed to provide a safety net for its customers against potential legal challenges, offering a form of protection for users in the field of generative AI systems.
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