Indian book publishers and their international peers filed copyright lawsuits against OpenAI in New Delhi, the latest in a series of global cases designed to prevent Chatgpt Chatbot from accessing exclusive content, a representative said on Friday.
Courts around the world are listening to requests from authors, news media and musicians who accuse technology companies of using their copyright work to train AI services and trying to own content used to train chatbots to delete.
The New Delhi-based Federation of Indian Publishers told Reuters it has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court, which has heard similar lawsuits against Openai.
The case was filed on behalf of all federal members, including publishers such as Bloomsbury, Penguin Random House, Cambridge University Press and Pan Macmillan, and Rupa Publications and S. Chand and Co in India.
“What we asked from the court is that they should block (Openai) from accessing our copyrighted content,” Federal Secretary General Pranav Gupta said in an interview with the lawsuit.
He added: “If they don’t want to license with us, they should delete the datasets used in AI training and explain how we will be compensated. This will affect creativity.”
Openai did not respond to a request for comment on the allegations and lawsuits, which was filed in December but reported for the first time here. It repeatedly denied such allegations, saying its AI systems could reasonably utilize publicly available data.
After launching in Chatgpt in November 2022, Openai launched an investment in Generative AI, with consumers and companies going crazy. It hopes to take the lead in AI competitions after raising $6.6 billion last year.
The Indian Book Publishers Group is seeking to join the Indian News Agency in a lawsuit against Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the country’s most famous legal process.
“These cases represent a critical moment and have the potential to shape the future legal framework for Indian AI. The judgment passed here will test the balance between protecting IP and promoting technological advancement,” said Mumbai lawyer Siddharth Chandrashekhar.
In response to the ANI case, Openai said in a comment reported by Reuters this week that any order to delete training data would result in a breach of its U.S. legal obligations and Indian judges have no right to hear copyright cases against the company. Located abroad.
The federal government says OpenAI provides services in India, so its activities should be under Indian law.
Reuters, which holds 26% of interest in ANI, said in a statement that it has not been involved in its business practices or operations.
Last year, Openai hired former WhatsApp executive Pragya Misra to handle public policies and partnerships for 1.4 billion people, thanks to cheap mobile data prices, and millions of new users will be online.
Worry about book summary
A Reuters reporter asked Chatgpt on Friday about the first volume of the Harry Potter series published by Bloomsbury. The AI tool responded with a chapter-by-chapter summary and a summary of key events including the climax of the story.
However, it no longer gives the actual text, saying, “I cannot provide the full text of this book because it is copyrighted material.”
Penguin Random House said in November that it had begun a global initiative to include a statement on the copyright page of its title, saying “No part of the book may be used in any way for training. AI Technologies”.
The December application of the Federation of India, seen by Reuters, shows that it has obtained “reliable evidence/information” from its members, namely that Openai uses its literature to train its Chatgpt service.
“This free work-frame production book summary, excerpt, why do people buy books?” Gupta said, referring to AI chatbots using extracts from an unlicensed online copy. “This will affect our sales and all members are concerned about it.”
So far, the federal plea has been listed only in a court registry in New Delhi, which asked Openai to respond to the matter on January 10. The judge will now hear the case on January 28.
©Thomson Reuters 2024
