ALBAWABA - As concerns about AI grow globally, Apple was recently sued by several authors for allegedly using their books to train AI models, as reported by Reuters.
The authors filed the lawsuit on Friday in Northern California, further accusing Apple of using the content in question without their consent, which is a growing issue among authors, artists, and content creators. Additionally, reports reveal that the American tech giant didn't credit or compensate the authors.
Apple sued by authors for using pirated books to train AI
According to Reuters, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson said in the lawsuit, "Apple has not attempted to pay these authors for their contributions to this potentially lucrative venture."
Both authors revealed that Apple's "OpenELM" AI language model used pirated copies of their books.
This comes after American artificial intelligence startup Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors for using pirated copies of their books to train their AI model. Anthropic paid $3,000 each to authors affected by the incident across 500,000 books.
Why are many artists/ authors anti-AI?
The clash between artists/ authors and AI companies is nothing new. Google recently launched its new AI image editing model, "Nano Banana," which is claimed to have surpassed competitors like OpenAI's ChatGPT.
However, the image editing model sparked concern among artists due to several factors, including the possible use of their work without consent or credit.
Both authors and artists spend decades perfecting their craft, so for their work to be taken without their consent and then fed to a machine can naturally cause a clash between the content creators and the companies responsible.
Others have voiced their concern about AI potentially taking over their jobs due to cost-cutting measures and the recent wave of layoffs in the animation and games industries.
