AI companies should not be allowed to continue stealing copyrighted material to train their chatbots, a House of Lords report warns.
His peers highlighted their “deep concern” about technology companies absorbing content from books and news websites on “an absolutely massive scale.”
The House of Lords digital and communications committee said ministers had “a duty” to stop tech giants taking control of the multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence industry, warning that urgent safeguards were needed.
The rise of ChatGPT has fueled demand for the technology, and millions of people now use the tools every day, from writing school essays to writing legal opinions.
The House of Lords digital and communications committee said ministers had “a duty” to stop tech giants taking control of the multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence industry (File image)
The rise of ChatGPT has fueled demand for the technology, and millions of people now use the tools every day, from writing school essays to writing legal opinions (File Image).
News editors have warned that AI tools could make it impossible to produce independent journalism.
Open AI (the company behind ChatGPT), Meta and Microsoft suggested that it was almost impossible not to infringe copyright, claiming that limiting access would lead to worse AI models.
The report said the Government “cannot sit idly by for the next decade and wait for the courts to respond”.