The Writers’ Revolt Against A.I. Companies

<p>To refine their popular technology, new artificial intelligence platforms like Chat-GPT are gobbling up the work of authors, poets, comedians and actors — without their consent.</p><p>Sheera Frenkel, a technology correspondent for The Times, explains why a rebellion is brewing.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheera-frenkel">Sheera Frenkel</a>, a technology correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/technology/artificial-intelligence-models-chat-data.html">Fed up with A.I. companies consuming online content without consent</a>, fan fiction writers, actors, social media companies and news organizations are among those rebelling.</li><li>The comedian and actress Sarah Silverman has joined two lawsuits accusing the companies of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/arts/sarah-silverman-lawsuit-openai-meta.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article"> training A.I. models using her writing without permission</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>