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Sarah Silverman and novelists sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for ingesting their books
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File - Sarah Silverman introduces a performance at the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, in New York. Silverman sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement this week, joining a growing number of writers who say they unwittingly built the foundation for Silicon Valley's red-hot AI boom. - photo by Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File
Ask ChatGPT about comedian Sarah Silverman's memoir “The Bedwetter” and the artificial intelligence chatbot can come up with a detailed synopsis of every part of the book. Does that mean it effectively “read” and memorized a pirated copy? Or it scraped so many customer reviews and online chatter about the bestseller or the musical it inspired that it passes for an expert?