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"When it was revealed that Meta had used a dataset of pirated books to train
its latest AI model, Llama, Australian authors were furious. Works by writers
including Liane Moriarty, Tim Winton, Melissa Lucashenko, Christos Tsiolkas and
many others had been scraped from the online shadow library LibGen without
permission.
It was just the latest in a series of incidents where published books have been
fed into commercial AI systems without the knowledge of their creators, and
without any credit or compensation.
Our new report,
Australian Authors’ Sentiment on Generative AI, co-authored
with Shujie Liang and Tessa Barrington, offers the first large-scale empirical
study of how Australian authors and illustrators feel about this rapidly
evolving technology. It reveals just how widespread the concern is.
Unsurprisingly, most Australian authors do not want their work used to train AI
systems. But this is not only about payment. It is about consent, trust and the
future of their profession."
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics