Judge rejects most ChatGPT copyright claims from book authors
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A US district judge in California has largely sided with OpenAI, dismissing the majority of claims raised by authors alleging that large language models powering ChatGPT were illegally trained on pirated copies of their books without their permission.
By allegedlyrepackaging original works as ChatGPT outputs, authors alleged, OpenAI's most popular chatbot was just a high-tech "grift" that seemingly violated copyright laws, as well as state laws preventing unfair business practices and unjust enrichment.
According to judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, authors behind three separate lawsuits-including Sarah Silverman, Michael Chabon, and Paul Tremblay-have failed to provide evidence supporting any of their claims except for direct copyright infringement.