It is and it isn’t. Those lawsuits mean they at least try to stop it from producing copyrighted work. They won’t make Simpsons characters or produce anything from the house of mouse without major cajoling or some trickery in the prompt.
For the text from Frankenstein they are not even going to try.
Incidentally after writing this content I tried to get chatgpt to reproduce the first paragraph of chapter 3. It refused and offered a summary. I “reminded” it that the book is in the public domain and then it reproduced it without issue.
I tried to get chatgpt to reproduce the first paragraph of chapter 3. It refused and offered a summary. I “reminded” it that the book is in the public domain and then it reproduced it without issue.
I bet you could do exactly the same thing for a book that’s still copyrighted.
Being out of copyright is kinda irrelevant. There are lawsuits right now, because the AI firms apparently fed the AI’s tons of copyrighted books.
It is and it isn’t. Those lawsuits mean they at least try to stop it from producing copyrighted work. They won’t make Simpsons characters or produce anything from the house of mouse without major cajoling or some trickery in the prompt.
For the text from Frankenstein they are not even going to try.
Incidentally after writing this content I tried to get chatgpt to reproduce the first paragraph of chapter 3. It refused and offered a summary. I “reminded” it that the book is in the public domain and then it reproduced it without issue.
I bet you could do exactly the same thing for a book that’s still copyrighted.
I did see posts of someone doing it with Harry Potter but I think it took a little more effort
They still obviously trained it on the copyrighted text. Which I think is what some claim is illegal without payment?
Mind you, I don’t think copyright should cover that, for text at least. It is not in society’s interest.