My post last week, about Google’s large language model using your website content for training data, captured a lot of attention.
The post highlighted the Washington Post story revealing the millions of sites Google’s data set had already scraped.
It was my most visited post in the past four months.
And shared my frustrations and concerns about copyright.
I’m not alone.
Many other people, especially those who publish regularly, read the Washington Post story. And wrote about their own frustrations in online posts and social media.
One story stood out for me, from the Hello World weekly newsletter from The Markup, a story focused on legal aspects of copyright and artificial intelligence.
Copyright Showdown: AI’s Next Frontier is a conversation with Nabiha Syed, the CEO of The Markup, and Katherine Forrest, a former federal judge for the Southern District of New York.
Two people who are well-versed in technology, law, and copyright.
Syed describes herself as someone who:
…spent the last decade as a media lawyer obsessed with emerging technology.
As a lawyer, Forrester worked in the internet music space over 20 years ago. She was one of the lawyers in the Chambers v. Time Warner case winning their case against MP3.com, on copyright infringement.
What I liked about the story:
- It’s not too long of a read
- Shares examples of copyright and comparison to Google Books
- Discusses fair use
- Points out there are many unanswered questions and things that need to be sorted
In addition, I learned about a free online large language model discussion happening today, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 5PM Eastern Time: Can ChatGPT diagnose me? How large language models will transform clinical care. (Here’s a time zone converter for your time zone).
