Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster Sue OpenAI Over Copyright Infringement Claims
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Summary
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company used their copyrighted content to train ChatGPT without permission. The lawsuit claims that GPT-4 has 'memorized' substantial portions of Britannica's content and can output near-verbatim copies on demand. The publishers argue this constitutes unauthorized copying and reproduction of their copyrighted materials for AI training purposes.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledGPT-4 itself has 'memorized' much of Britannica's copyrighted content and will output near-verbatim copies of significant portions on demand.
Encyclopedia Britannica and dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it used their copyrighted content to train its AI.
The memorized examples are unauthorized copies that [OpenAI] used to train their models.
OpenAI repeatedly copied its content without permission.
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