Creative professionals are demanding that companies transition to "ethical" forms of collaboration, avoiding "theft." Technology companies working in the field of AI are facing numerous lawsuits related to copyright infringement due to the use of protected works in their training materials. The outcomes of such cases remain uncertain so far.
An open letter states: "The American creative community is the envy of the world, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth and exports." However, it is claimed that large technology companies, many of which are funded by private investments, are using the works of American authors to create AI platforms without permission, which contradicts copyright law.
Companies are uploading vast amounts of data into their systems—texts, images, music, and videos—extracting patterns from them to generate new content. However, a significant portion of these materials is collected from the internet without the consent of the rights holders, including books and artistic works. Technology companies argue that this can be classified as "fair use," while representatives of the arts insist that this constitutes unauthorized copying that undermines their income and rights.
Criticism of OpenAI intensified in 2024 when Scarlett Johansson expressed dissatisfaction with the Advanced Voice feature, which resembled her voice from the 2013 film "Her." The actress's legal representatives contacted OpenAI demanding the cessation of the use of such a voice, after which the company suspended the "Sky" feature.
