OpenAI now tries to hide that ChatGPT was trained on copyrighted books, including J.K. Rowlingβs Harry Potter series::A new research paper laid out ways in which AI developers should try and avoid showing LLMs have been trained on copyrighted material.
The powers that be have done a great job convincing the layperson that copyright is about protecting artists and not publishers. Itβs historically inaccurate and you can discover that copyright law was pushed by publishers who did not want authors keeping second hand manuscripts of works they sold to publishing companies.
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