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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ella Creamer

‘Impossible’ to develop AI tools without using copyrighted materials, says OpenAI

OpenAI logo on phone screen.
OpenAI says it complies with the ‘requirements of all applicable laws, including copyright laws’. Photograph: salarko/Alamy

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has said that it would be “impossible” to develop leading AI tools without using copyrighted materials.

“Limiting training data to public domain books and drawings created more than a century ago might yield an interesting experiment, but would not provide AI systems that meet the needs of today’s citizens,” the company said.

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