Canadian creators and publishers want the government to do something about the unauthorized and usually unreported use of their content to train generative artificial intelligence systems. But AI companies maintain that using the material to train their systems doesn't violate copyright.The ChatGPT app is seen on an iPhone in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Some creators and AI companies are at odds over the use of copyrighted material to train AI models.
Generative AI can create text, images, videos and computer code based on a simple prompt, but to do that, the systems must first study vast amounts of existing content. The Writers' Guild of Canada asked the government to start with implementing basic disclosure and reporting obligations. It said developers have all the knowledge of the work that is being mined and how it's being used, while creators have none of that information.
The group said it's an issue that "demands immediate attention" and asked the government to implement transparency requirements.Family of late comedian George Carlin sues podcast hosts over AI impression