The inquiry aims to gather input and perspectives on content generated by AI and its regulation in relation to imitating human artists.
The Copyright Office issued a notice of inquiry in the Federal Register seeking public comment on questions about copyright law and policy issues raised by AI systems. Initial comments are due by October 18, 2023. Reply comments are due November 15, 2023. https://t.co/fNiHB1W7SI pic.twitter.com/3vNBRNxGJj
— US Copyright Office (@CopyrightOffice) August 30, 2023According to the filing, the Copyright Office solicits “factual information and views” on copyright issues raised by recent advances in generative AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.
The U.S. Copyright Office states in a press release sent via email from the Library of Congress.
“These issues include the use of copyrighted works to train AI models, the appropriate levels of transparency and disclosure with respect to the use of copyrighted works, the legal status of AI-generated outputs, and the appropriate treatment of AI-generated outputs that mimic personal attributes of human artists.”
The deadline for submitting comments during the official inquiry period is October 18. The request is made during regulatory uncertainty for the AI industry in the United States and internationally.
While the European Union and other regions have enacted policies to safeguard citizen privacy and limit how corporations can use, share, and sell data, there is little in the way of regulations regarding using copyrighted material to train or instruct AI systems.
As previously reported, the media industry is attempting to determine how to manage the emergence of AI systems capable of imitating the work of creators and artists.
The New York Times and other news organizations have taken measures to block web crawlers from artificial intelligence (AI) companies seeking to train models using their data.
Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey, among others, have sued OpenAI for allegedly training AI models on copyrighted works without permission from the proprietors or creators.
Misalignment (the idea that machines could have objectives that clash with the well-being of humanity)) and the widespread dissemination of false information are additional AI-related concerns.
Senator Chuck Schumer is scheduled to meet with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a closed-door meeting on September 13.
