Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, is attempting to avoid giving testimony in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI led by the Authors Guild. The Guild argues that Amodei and his co-founder, Benjamin Mann, have valuable insights due to their past roles at OpenAI. Initially agreeing to participate in depositions, they delayed this process to synchronize it with another lawsuit involving multiple authors. The ongoing copyright disputes highlight serious concerns about the ethical use of training data in AI development, especially as OpenAI pursues significant funding amid these challenges.
Lawyers for the plaintiff say Amodei and Mann possess unique knowledge relevant to the case, and are seeking to compel their testimony and communications.
The Authors Guild represents prominent authors like John Grisham and claims OpenAI trained ChatGPT on material without permission, intensifying existing copyright lawsuits.
Amodei and Mann initially agreed to depositions but have now delayed, hoping to coordinate testimonies with another lawsuit against OpenAI related to various authors.
The legal battle has sparked broader discussion regarding copyright infringement and the ethical use of training data by AI companies.
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