The court partially satisfied the copyright infringement claim against OpenAI

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A US federal court has ruled on a lawsuit brought by a group of authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman, against OpenAI. The company was accused of illegally using the works to train artificial intelligence models.

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According to Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín's ruling, some of the claims are dismissed - including negligence and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). However, the court did accept the unfair competition charge.

The main lawsuit remained untouched. It alleges that OpenAI directly infringed copyright by teaching the AI millions of books without permission.

The plaintiffs have until 13 March to make clarifications to the statement of claim. Thus, the trial of the case will continue in an abbreviated form without part of the original claims.

The court's decision in Silverman v. OpenAI is similar to the outcome of similar litigation against Meta in November 2022. The US legal system has not yet developed a definitive position on the legality of using protected works for AI training.

Source: Engadget