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New York Times article finds more “memorized” AI works by Midjourney, ChatGPT, Bing
Read more: New York Times article finds more “memorized” AI works by Midjourney, ChatGPT, BingIn yet another stunning article, this one titled “We Asked AI to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image,” the New York Times provided more examples of “memorized” visual works, which resulted from prompts, including some nonspecific ones, on Midjourney (5 examples), ChatGPT (2 examples), and Microsoft Bing (2 examples). The AI generated works…
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OpenAI opens GPT store allowing people to share their custom GPTs
Read more: OpenAI opens GPT store allowing people to share their custom GPTsOpenAI announced the launch of its GPT store. It’s like an app store, only for custom GPTs that harness OpenAI’s AI. From its blog post, the steps to create a custom GPT are pretty easy: Building your own GPT is simple and doesn’t require any coding skills.If you’d like to share a GPT in the…
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New York Times reports on OpenAI’s blog post refuting New York Times copyright claims v. OpenAI. How’s that for getting meta?
Read more: New York Times reports on OpenAI’s blog post refuting New York Times copyright claims v. OpenAI. How’s that for getting meta?In a New York Times article titled “OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Against It Is ‘Without Merit,’” the New York Times reported about OpenAI’s stunning blog post that attempted to refute the claims in the New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI. We summarized the details of OpenAI’s response to the NYT lawsuit. The…
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OpenAI defends itself: training is fair use & regurgitation is “rare bug” that New York Times may have exploited
Read more: OpenAI defends itself: training is fair use & regurgitation is “rare bug” that New York Times may have exploitedIn a blog post, OpenAI forcefully defended itself from the lawsuit the New York Times filed against it and Microsoft on Dec. 27, 2023. This is a stunning response to a lawsuit. Parties, especially corporate defendants, usually are tight-lipped about litigation and save their responses for the litigation in court. The most stunning part of…
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OpenAI sued again in copyright case. Complaint PDF in Basbanes v. Microsoft
Read more: OpenAI sued again in copyright case. Complaint PDF in Basbanes v. MicrosoftA week after the New York Times sued Microsoft and OpenAI, two journalists and nonfiction writers Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Ngagoyeanes, who wrote under the name Nicholas Gage for both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have filed a somewhat similar copyright lawsuit against the same companies, although this time asking for…
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How did the New York Times figure out the glitch in GPT-4 for Exhibit J in its lawsuit v. OpenAI?
Read more: How did the New York Times figure out the glitch in GPT-4 for Exhibit J in its lawsuit v. OpenAI?The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI sent shockwaves across the business and media sector. Although a threat of a lawsuit had been revealed months ago, the Complaint filed by the NYT was cogent and chock-full of examples of alleged infringement. If OpenAI was trying to negotiate a licensing deal with the…
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Exhibit J to New York Times Complaint provides “One Hundred Examples of GPT-4 Memorizing Content from the New York Times”
Read more: Exhibit J to New York Times Complaint provides “One Hundred Examples of GPT-4 Memorizing Content from the New York Times”Exhibit J to The New York Times’s Complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI allegedly provides “One Hundred Examples of GPT-4 Memorizing Content from The New York Times.” In 127 pages. Wow! UPDATE: This is an impressive collection of alleged infringement. We discuss the apparent process by which the New York Times generated these examples, in our…
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New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement (download Complaint & Exhibit J)
Read more: New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement (download Complaint & Exhibit J)The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement (direct and secondary infringement based on vicarious and contributory infringement), misappropriation, and trademark dilution. The Complaint seeks the following relief: 1. Awarding The Times statutory damages, compensatory damages, restitution, disgorgement, and any other…
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OpenAI reportedly valued at $100B, 2d most for startup behind SpaceX
Read more: OpenAI reportedly valued at $100B, 2d most for startup behind SpaceXFresh off its internal coup and reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI is reportedly in discussion for its next found of funding. The company is reportedly valued at $100B, which is second to only SpaceX in current U.S. startup valuations. OpenAI was formed on December 11, 2015 as a nonprofit. In 2019, it set up…
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OpenAI is hiring for new Superalignment team
Read more: OpenAI is hiring for new Superalignment teamYou can apply for OpenAI’s new research engineer ($245,000—$450,000 USD), research scientist $245,000—$450,000 USD, and research manager positions for its new Superalignment team. According to OpenAI, the new team is need to maintain control over AI: “We need scientific and technical breakthroughs to steer and control AI systems much smarter than us. To solve this problem within four years,…