The press release highlights AI’s bold and risky endeavors, including efforts to craft two additional volumes within George R.R. Martin’s iconic Game of Thrones series and AI-generated books available for purchase on Amazon.
The authors are not only seeking an injunction to prevent OpenAI from employing their works for ChatGPT’s training but are also demanding unspecified monetary damages.
Notably, the complaint references a lawsuit against OpenAI, where Sarah Silverman and two other authors sued the company for similar copyright infringement.
The list of named plaintiffs in this landmark lawsuit against OpenAI reads like a who’s who of the literary world. It includes best-selling authors such as David Baldacci, Mary Bly, Michael Connelly, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen, John Grisham, Elin Hilderbrand, Christina Baker Kline, Maya Shanbhag Lang, Victor LaValle, George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, Douglas Preston, Roxana Robinson, George Saunders, Scott Turow, and Rachel Vail.
Writers want protection
The controversy surrounding AI’s impact on the creative realm has spilled over into legislative discussions.
