American artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, was sued in California (USA) this Wednesday. Violating the privacy of millions of internet users and Copyright.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday and was published on the Clarkson law firm’s official website, stating that they seek to represent “real people whose information has been stolen and improperly commercially manipulated to create this very powerful technology.”
In his article, OpenAI accused of “stealing private information” from hundreds of millions of Internet usersto improve and develop for-profit technology, including minors of all ages.
The case mainly focuses on the rise of “generative” artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as “chat bots” (ChatGPT) and image creators who create original content from existing data pulled from the internet.
These instruments are fed human-sourced information, such as private conversations and medical data, obtained in many cases without the consent of their creators.
The lawsuit points to the need for “urgent legal action” to protect human interests and values from the threat posed by AI. “exploiting people regardless of their welfare or consent”.
He also underlines that if these technologies are not streamlined, experts foresee a catastrophic scenario that could result in the extinction of the human species as a “threat to their goals.”
OpenAI has previously been accused of improperly monetizing open source code (Github) to train AI systems, and this month a radio host sued the lab for libel, alleging ChatGPT had produced text unreasonably accusing it of fraud.
The debate about fair regulation of AI has also been popular. It is one of the key points in the entertainment industries and the Hollywood Writers Guild strike.demanding that major producers protect their copyrights and work as writers.