Authors versus AI and the risks to government public sector push
The New Zealand government is advocating for increased use of AI in the public sector amidst ongoing global copyright lawsuits. Experts warn that this push could face significant challenges, particularly regarding the legality of using copyrighted material to train AI models. There are calls for the development of a marketplace to ensure creators are recognized and compensated for their work.
- ▪The government is pushing for more AI in the public service during a pivotal time for copyright lawsuits.
- ▪Experts believe there is a risk that ongoing litigation could hinder the deployment of AI models.
- ▪Calls have been made for a marketplace to ensure fair compensation for creators whose works are used in AI training.
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Copyright Licensing NZ chief executive Sam Irvine. Photo: Supplied The government is pushing for much more AI in the public service at a "pivotal" time for scores of lawsuits against AI globally. Experts foresee a threat to the government's plans. The free mining of copyrighted material has been used to train many AI large-language models. The latest to push back are five big US publishers and bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow, against Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg. In Germany recently, OpenAI lost in court, pinged over ChatGPT reproducing song lyrics. In some cases Big Tech has won rulings that it is "fair use" to train AI this way. Other cases remain undecided in what Reuters called a "pivotal year" for copyright battles.
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