This article discusses the potential risks of using AI technology such as ChatGPT, as identified by more than 140,000 German authors and performers calling for better regulations of AI in the European Union. These organizations are emphasizing the importance of surveillance of AI programs and proper distribution of profits when AI is used. Moreover, recent reports from the International Air Transport Association and Stanford University make AI both an ethical dilemma and a promising opportunity.
On March 31, 2023, 42 German creative professionals including authors, performers, photographers, designers, journalists, and illustrators expressed their concerns in a joint letter to the European Union regarding potential negative effects of generative AI technology ChatGPT on copyright. They proposed regulations to hold providers of AI foundation models accountable for the content created and disseminated through AI systems. With these rules and regulations, authors and performers will have the right to protect their copyrighted works.
. BeInCrypto was recently recognized in a research conducted by Washington Post and Allen Institute for AI as a contributor to the Colossal Clean Crawled Corpus (C4) dataset. C4 is used in language models like ChatGPT to develop AI and imitate human speech. The research further found notable websites such as patent.google.com, wikipedia.org, Guardian, New York Times, Forbes and several others as C4s major sources. Controversy has been sparked around the use of the dataset due to its lack of compensation to content creators.
This article explores how AI platforms such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and AI-generated content challenge traditional Intellectual Property (IP) law and copyright. It analyses how OpenAI DALL-E graphics and other AI-generated works fall into the category of computer-generated artistic works, as well as the authorship of AI-generated content. Moreover, it explains that the originality of AI-generated content should be evaluated to determine its eligibility for copyright protection.
Noam Shazeer, Google Brain engineer and founder of Character.ai, discussed his new startup on the "No Priors" podcast. Character.ai, a company powered by generative AI, has raised almost $200 million to create AI-driven characters such as celebrities, life coaches and therapists. Despite its potential, many tech giants held back from releasing chatbots due to fear of backfiring. OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing engine changed the playing field - but with the emergence of LaMDA, Google is now taking steps to protect user information and verify answers. Learn more about the tech industry's newest AI-based chatbot venture.
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