Authors sue OpenAI for using copyrighted material. How will the courts rule? : Planet Money : NPR

The alleged theft at the heart of ChatGPT When best-selling thriller writer Douglas Preston began playing around with OpenAI's new chatbot, ChatGPT, he was, at first, impressed. Large language models, the kind of artificial intelligence underlying programs like ChatGPT, do not come into the world fully formed. Sponsor Message This sort of thing seems to be happening a lot lately–one giant tech company or another "moves fast and breaks things," exploring the edges of what might or might not be allowed without first asking permission. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.