Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI. On Friday, the comedian and author, alongside novelists Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey, filed a pair of complaints against OpenAI and Meta (via Gizmodo). The group alleges the firms trained their large language models on copyrighted materials, including works they published, without obtaining consent.The complaints center around the datasets OpenAI and Meta allegedly used to train ChatGPT and LLaMA. In the case of OpenAI, while it's "Books1" dataset conforms approximately to the size of Project Gutenberg — a well known copyright-free book repository — lawyers for the plaintiffs argue that the “Books2” datasets is too large to have derived from anywhere other than so-called "shadow libraries" of illegally available copyrighted material, such as Library Genesis and Sci-Hub. Everyday pirates can access these materials through direct downloads, but perhaps more usefully for those generating large language models, many shadow libraries also make written material available in bulk torrent packages. One exhibit from Silverman’s lawsuit involves an exchange between the comedian’s lawyers and ChatGPT. Silverman’s legal team asked the chatbot to summarize The Bedwetter, a memoir she published in 2010. The chatbot was not only able to outline entire parts of the book, but some passages it relayed appear to have been reproduced verbatim.Silverman, Golden and Kadrey aren’t the first authors to sue OpenAI over copyright infringement. In fact, the... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2023-07-10 17:53:22 UTC ]
The U.S. Army combat veteran and author of the memoir 'Snapshots Sent Home: From Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine' addresses the the character, and complications, of works written in the midst of war. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Take a literary road trip across America, with book recommendations for all 50 states. | Lit Hub “Although I have not inherited a physical plot, I’ve inherited dual impulses related to how I define home.” Sadiya Ansari on family, place and inheritance in South Asia and North America. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Political histories, a courtroom drama and the memoir of a daughter of the South Side illuminate the legacy of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Paramount is laying off 15 percent of its US workforce, according to reporting by Deadline. This follows a lean second quarter earnings report in which total revenue fell short from an expected $7.21 billion to $6.81 billion. The layoffs will impact around 3,000 people. “The industry continues... Continue reading at Engadget
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Navid Sinaki on Scheherazade, secrets, and finding his voice as a young, queer Iranian immigrant. | Lit Hub Memoir “What do we inherit from trauma? Complicated stories, frayed genetics, and many, many hidden secrets.” Danzy Senna, Kristopher Jansma, Rosie Schaap and more take the Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Moon Unit Zappa's memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of her absent father, Frank Zappa, and thirsty for maternal affection. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Kristi Coulter’s memoir Exit Interview might inspire you to tell your boss what you really think. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2024-08-09 15:30:00 UTC ]
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Direct guilt sits with those who brought violence to our streets, but their hatred was inflamed by lies spread on XOne man is missing. Of course, it’s good that so many of those responsible for a week of terrifying far-right violence are facing an especially swift and severe form of justice –... Continue reading at The Guardian
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A life in five parts in a changing France is wrought powerfully on stage in this adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s book The Years Continue reading at The Conversation
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In the memoir “Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home,” Chris La Tray weaves together personal and tribal history. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Letter to Mohamed Choukri: Writing between Silence and Prattle, by Mohamed Berrada Cultural Cross Sections [email protected] Wed, 08/07/2024 - 15:25 Mohamed Choukri (left) and Mohamed Berrada / Photo courtesy the estate of Mohamed ChoukriIn the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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The game-like endeavors are designed to get guests to view their local libraries — and the world outside of them — a little more imaginatively. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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A memoir by a former high-end dealer depicts a largely unregulated industry where jet-setting extravagance goes hand in hand with guile and deceit. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Cabaret star says she felt ‘mad as hell’ after hearing stories from people who didn’t know her or her family, and will release untitled book in 2026Liza Minnelli is to release a memoir after she claimed previous screen depictions of her life “didn’t get it right”.The 78-year-old US actor and... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Queer-Feminist Writing from 1970s Turkey: A Conversation with Maureen Freely on Sevgi Soysal, by Ipek Sahinler Interviews [email protected] Tue, 08/06/2024 - 16:31 Maureen Freely (left) & Funda Soysal (right)Maureen Freely is an author,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka embarked on a public library book tour from June 21–August 2, billing his New England stops as “JJK’s Summah Readin’ Roadtrip.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In the latest example of a troubling industry pattern, NVIDIA appears to have scraped troves of copyrighted content for AI training. On Monday, 404 Media’s Samantha Cole reported that the $2.4 trillion company asked workers to download videos from YouTube, Netflix and other datasets to develop... Continue reading at Engadget
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Among the week's headlines: a new EveryLibrary report explores the threat to libraries posed by the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025; Maggie Tokuda-Hall weighs in on book bans for 'Book Riot'; and a mother and TikToker in Idaho details her experience with the state's new harmful to minors law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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All in the Family is a rare thing in Trumpworld: a book written without malice or bitterness. Continue reading at Slate
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No Sally Rooney, one clear favourite and a novel set in space - this is a longlist of unexpected discoveries and big ideas• Three British novelists make Booker 2024 longlist among ‘cohort of global voices’It is 10 years since the Booker prize expanded its remit to include American novelists. The... Continue reading at The Guardian
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