• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    trained on stolen books? then I guess I can download these from anywhere I may find for free as well, right?

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      2 months ago

      This has actually got me thinking differently about AI all together.

      The best use for AI needs to be for the individual. I want MY ai to read books or research with or complete tasks for me.

      I don’t want another company to do it for me or monetize it or steal content with it.

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            2 months ago

            AI models have been trained on copyright protected books illegally. Maybe the voice have not

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              2 months ago

              In this case the AI voices are reading the exact copyrighted material so the original author or rights holder must be contacted to secure the necessary rights and licensing agreements. There is no free use argument.

              Now, if the voices have been trained on copy protected sources to create a likenesses (e.g. Scarlet Johansson) then there could be a lawsuit.

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      2 months ago

      Well, yeah, you can. Whoever told you that you can’t, don’t believe them, they are probably being payed to say it. You could also pay for the book to support the author but most likely your money will not go to the author so don’t bother.