新聞大英百科全書(Encyclopedia Britannica)出版商Britannica及旗下字典編輯商Merriam-Webster公司本周控告OpenAI、OpenAI控股公司等相關組織運用其內容來訓練模型、核對事實,以及提供給終端用戶,已侵害其版權,而且還生成錯誤內容破壞其名譽。 Britannica擁有10萬篇線上文章及紙本新大英百科全書的版權。而其下Merriam-Webster公司…
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Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/895372/encyclopedia-britannica-openai-lawsuit
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