Why comedian Sarah Silverman is suing the company behind ChatGPT

• Comedian Sarah Silverman is one of three authors who have sued the company behind ChatGPT.
• They allege that the company violated copyright by feeding copies of their books into AI chatbots.
• They are seeking statutory and other damages.

Comedian Sarah Silverman is suing the company behind ChatGPT, alleging copyright infringement of her book.

According to court documents seen by Insider, Silberman is one of three authors suing OpenAI, which developed the AI ​​chatbot.

The three plaintiffs allege that ChatGPT will produce summaries of their work upon request. They claim that this is copyright infringement because the book has not consented to be provided to ChatGPT.

ChatGPT is a generative AI model trained by ingesting vast amounts of information from websites, news articles, books, and other sources.

When prompted by a user, it can generate compelling, natural responses that mimic the human chat experience.

Silverman and other plaintiffs allege that OpenAI “obtains commercial benefits and derives substantial profits” from the copyrighted work and several other copyrighted works.

OpenAI did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment sent outside of normal business hours.

The work in question is actress and comedian Silberman’s memoir “The Bedwetter,” which is copyrighted by Silberman.

Other plaintiffs are Christopher Golden, author of the supernatural thriller Ararat and other copyrights, and Richard Cudley, author of the dark urban fantasy Sandman Slim.

They are seeking a jury trial to be awarded statutory and other damages.

OpenAI has not disclosed what books are included in some of the datasets it feeds into ChatGPT, but according to court documents, many of them illegally use content that is otherwise not easily accessible. It is said that it is likely that it is from the “Shadow Library” website that was collected.

Vanderbilt University law professor Daniel Gervais previously told Insiders he expected more lawsuits over copyright law and generative AI.

The Authors Guild, a U.S. advocacy group that supports authors’ labor rights, released an open letter in June urging CEOs of big tech and AI companies to ban authors from using authors’ works for generative education. asked to “get permission” from the author. AI programs and “rewarding writers fairly”.