Media Faults OpenAI For Using Articles Without Paying

There were concerns raised by news organizations this week when one of the computational journalists, Francesco Marconi, posted a tweet indicating that their work was being used to train the ChatGPT program.

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News outlets that cover a wide range of topics have started to criticize OpenAI and its ChatGPT software, claiming the lab is using their articles as training grounds for its artificial intelligence tool, and does not pay them for this service.

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Trade Algo quotes Jason Conti, the general counsel for News Corp.'s Dow Jones unit, in a statement that was provided to Trade Algo, as saying that anyone who wants to use the work of Trade Algo journalists as the basis for artificial intelligence training should properly license the rights from Dow Jones. Dow Jones has no such agreement with OpenAI, according to a Dow Jones spokesman.

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"We take the misappropriation of our journalists' work seriously, and we are evaluating this case," Conti continued.

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Francesco Marconi, a computational journalist at the Chicago Tribune, published a tweet this week which alleged that his work was being used to train a machine learning algorithm known as ChatGPT. It prompted the news groups’ concerns. The chatbot he used to train the bot had, according to Marconi, become adept at tracking down news sources based on a list of 20 outlets that it had been trained on.

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An inquiry for comment from OpenAI was not immediately responded to.

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There have been many organizations, including news organisations, which have raised questions about the potential misuse of their content by artificial intelligence systems without their authorisation. An anti-plagiarism case that was filed in November against GitHub, Microsoft Corp., and OpenAI alleging that a tool called GitHub Copilot had plagiarized the work of human developers violating all the licenses of those companies was filed against them.

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It has been reported that a group of artists have sued AI generators Stability AI Ltd., Midjourney Inc. and DeviantArt Inc., claiming they were downloading and using billions of copyrighted images without the permission or compensation of the artists in some cases.

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The Journal, like CNN, believes that, according to someone with knowledge of the matter, the use of its articles as part of ChatGPT training is a violation of the terms of service of the network. Warner Bros. owns and operates the network. The individual who spoke to me asked that her identity not be revealed as she was discussing a legal matter with Discovery Inc. but said the company plans to contact OpenAI about whether the company will be paid to license the content.

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There have been many debates concerning the use of artificial intelligence in the news industry over the last few years. Despite the advancements in technology, some journalists still worry about the technology taking over their job. It is also feared that misinformation will spread throughout the world. A number of publications have been forced to correct AI-written articles in the past few weeks, including CNET and Men's Journal, which contained a myriad of mistakes that were introduced by the program.