AI users risk copyright infringement

Danish Publishers and the Rights Alliance warn that users uploading copyrighted material to AI platforms is akin to theft. They note a steady stream of users training AI with such content for personalized uses. OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, launched a ‘GPT Store’ where users can create custom chatbots trained with specific data, which could include books or songs, enabling the AI to reproduce or create similar works. This triggers concerns about the impact on copyright validity, which Professor Mikkel Flyverbom of Copenhagen Business School argues could impoverish us economically and culturally. Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt is addressing these concerns by establishing an expert group to protect copyright. The Rights Alliance has shown how a GPT model can replicate uploaded works exactly. The New York Times sued OpenAI for acquiring articles without payment, which OpenAI claims as fair use. Meanwhile, OpenAI has not responded to inquiries regarding these accusations.