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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told lawmakers on Tuesday that the “right thing to do” is to make sure that content owners “get significant upside benefit” from artificial intelligence technology that has raised new concerns over copyright and compensation.
At a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Altman was questioned by some lawmakers over the use of copyrighted material to train OpenAI’s ChatGPT to generate new works. The use of AI is an issue in the Writers Guild of America strike against the studios, but content creators in general have raised concerns over what the technology means for protection of their intellectual property.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said that the music artists in her state “should be able to decide if their copyrighted songs and images are going to be used to train these models.” She cited OpenAI’s Jukebox, which generates music in “a variety of genres and artist styles.”
“I went in this weekend and I said, ‘Write me a song that sounds like Garth Brooks,’ and it gave me a different version of Simple Man,” she said. “So it’s interesting that it would do that. But you’re training it on these copyrighted songs,” she said, raising the issue of who owns the rights to the AI generated material.
Altman said, “We think that creators deserve control over how their creations are used, and what happens sort of beyond the point of them releasing it into the world.” He said that “we need to figure out new ways with this new technology that creators can win, succeed and have a vibrant life, and I’m optimistic that this will present it.”
He said that they are working with visual artists and musicians “to figure out what people want.” “There’s a lot of different opinions, unfortunately,” he said.
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Carmelo Anthony has decided to retire from the NBA after 19 seasons. The 38-year-old baller made the announcement on Monday through social media, with a beautiful video that was shot by his longtime friend, Lebron James. “I remember the days when I had nothing, just a ball on a court and a dream of something more,” he says over old footage of him playing.Una publicación compartida por Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony)In the touching statement, Carmelo says his legacy is his son, Kiyan, who is a top high school prospect. He has a score of 84 for “Scout Grade” on ESPN and is class of 2025.
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