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Salesforce sued by authors over artificial intelligence software
Authors Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore allege Salesforce used thousands of unauthorized books to train its xGen AI models, joining similar lawsuits against major AI firms.
- On Wednesday, novelists Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore filed a complaint alleging Salesforce used their work to train its xGen AI models with thousands of pirated books.
- Authors and publishers have filed dozens of suits against major AI firms, with lawsuits targeting OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms for alleged misuse and Anthropic settling for $1.5 billion in August.
- Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff had earlier said AI firms use `stolen` training data and paying creators would be `very easy to do`, the plaintiffs' complaint notes.
- A Salesforce spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit on Thursday, and Reuters described the filing as a proposed class action accusing the firm of unauthorized book use.
- Attorney Joseph Saveri said Thursday, `It’s important that companies that use copyrighted material for … AI products are transparent,` and added, `It’s also only fair that our clients are fairly compensated when this happens.
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Salesforce sued by authors over artificial intelligence software
Cloud-computing firm Salesforce was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by two authors who alleged the company used thousands of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence software.
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Authors Sue Salesforce Over AI Training Methods
Authors file proposed class-action lawsuit over alleged use of pirated novels to train xGen AI models to process language This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Authors Sue Salesforce Over AI Training Methods The post Authors Sue Salesforce Over AI Training Methods appeared first on IT Security News.
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