A former researcher at the OpenAI has come out against the company’s business model, writing, in a personal blog, that he believes the company is not complying with U.S. copyright law. That makes him one of a growing chorus of voices that sees the tech giant’s data-hoovering business as based on shaky legal ground..
“The only way out of all this is regulation,” Balaji later told the Times, in reference to the legal issues created by AI’s business model. Gizmodo reached out to OpenAI for comment. In a statement provided to the Times, the tech company offered the following rebuttal to Balaji’s criticism: “We build our A.I. models using publicly available data, in a manner protected by fair use and related principles, and supported by longstanding and widely accepted legal precedents. We view this principle as fair to creators, necessary for innovators, and critical for US competitiveness.”for unlicensed use of its copyrighted material.
The newspaper is not alone. OpenAI is currently being sued by a broad variety of celebrities, artists, authors, and coders, all of whom claim to have had their work ripped off by the company’s data-hoovering algorithms. Other well-known folks/organizations who have sued OpenAI include Despite a mixture of confusion and disinterest from the general public, the list of people who have come out to criticize the AI industry’s business model continues to grow. Celebrities, tech ethicists, and legal experts are all skeptical of an industry that continues to grow in power and influence while introducing troublesome new legal and social dilemmas to the world.