TLDR:
– UK ministers have been urged to protect content creators whose work is being used by AI companies without permission. The House of Lords committee has stated that the current legal framework does not adequately enforce copyright principles in the face of AI development. Some tech firms are using copyrighted material to train language models (LLMs) for chatbots, resulting in significant financial gains.
– The committee has recommended that the government assess whether copyright laws provide sufficient protection to copyright holders and update legislation if necessary. The government’s intellectual property office is in the process of developing a code of practice on copyright and AI.
– OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, is facing copyright infringement lawsuits in the US. The New York Times and several authors have accused the company of “systematic theft on a mass scale.” OpenAI argues that accessing copyrighted material is essential in creating tools like ChatGPT.
– The committee has also advised the government to take action against the concentration of market power in a few tech companies and ensure open competition. A government spokesperson noted that the intellectual property office is engaging with stakeholders to reach an agreement on a voluntary code on AI and copyright.
UK ministers have been urged to protect content creators whose work is being used by AI companies without permission. The House of Lords committee has stated that the current legal framework does not adequately enforce copyright principles in the face of AI development. Some tech firms are using copyrighted material to train language models (LLMs) for chatbots, resulting in significant financial gains.
The committee has recommended that the government assess whether copyright laws provide sufficient protection to copyright holders and update legislation if necessary. The government’s intellectual property office is in the process of developing a code of practice on copyright and AI.
OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot, is facing copyright infringement lawsuits in the US. The New York Times and several authors have accused the company of “systematic theft on a mass scale.” OpenAI argues that accessing copyrighted material is essential in creating tools like ChatGPT.
The committee has also advised the government to take action against the concentration of market power in a few tech companies and ensure open competition. A government spokesperson noted that the intellectual property office is engaging with stakeholders to reach an agreement on a voluntary code on AI and copyright.