Authors Cry Foul as Pirated Books Train AIs Without Permission

An investigation by The Atlantic found thousands of pirated e-books are being used to train an AI system called Books3 without author permission.

Many authors are upset, raising concerns about copyright, loss of income, and exploitation. Some have filed lawsuits.

Books help AI systems like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA learn language patterns and generate text.

The books were scraped from the internet and packaged into the Books3 database for AI training. Authors range from Nora Roberts to Stephen King.

Some authors don't mind their books training AI, like Ian Bogost, who argues successful art exceeds the creator's plans. Others feel it undermines their work.