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Authors using a new tool to search a list of 183,000 books used to train AI are furious to find their works on the list.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoSo where can I check to see if my book was used? I published a book.
minus-squarekromem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoDid you ever comment on Reddit before 2015? If so, your copyrighted material was used to train the modern LLMs even if your published book wasn’t used at all.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes I did my account is almost 11years old on Reddit. But I was talking about my novel that was never on Reddit.
minus-squarethreadloose@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe database is here. You’ll have to sign up for a free trial if you’re not a subscriber to The Atlantic already. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/
So where can I check to see if my book was used? I published a book.
Did you ever comment on Reddit before 2015? If so, your copyrighted material was used to train the modern LLMs even if your published book wasn’t used at all.
Yes I did my account is almost 11years old on Reddit. But I was talking about my novel that was never on Reddit.
The database is here. You’ll have to sign up for a free trial if you’re not a subscriber to The Atlantic already. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/