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10 July 2023CopyrightSarah Speight

Comedian and novelists say ChatGPT and Meta copied books for AI tools

US comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors accuse Meta and OpenAI of copying material to train AI software | Separate case sees authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay level a similar claim against OpenAI.

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