Explosive Allegations Surface: Game of Thrones AI Books Pulled Amidst George RR Martin Lawsuit
AI-generated Game of Thrones books, part of a fan project, have been taken down from GitHub after being mentioned in a lawsuit involving George RR Martin Get the lowdown on this controversial George RR Martin AI debacle
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The fan who used AI to write finished versions of the Game of Thrones books has removed them after being named in George R.R. Martin's lawsuit.
George R.R. Martin and several other authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging "mass-scale copyright infringement," specifically targeting the AI-generated books created by fans.
As a response to being named in Martin's legal action, the fan has removed the AI-generated book versions and is willing to engage in dialogue with Martin's representatives.
Following George R.R. Martin's lawsuit against OpenAI, the fan responsible for publishing AI-generated versions of the Game of Thrones books has taken them down. Liam Swayne, the individual behind the project, stated on GitHub that he recently became aware of the lawsuit and promptly removed the content from the website. Please see his complete statement below.
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A Dance with Dragons in 2011 marked the most recent addition to the Song of Ice and Fire series, which was famously adapted into the widely followed HBO series Games of Thrones. As fans eagerly await the sixth book, The Winds of Winter, which author Martin has been meticulously crafting for over a decade, a dedicated fan named Liam Swayne utilized AI technology to emulate Martin's distinctive writing style and bring the final Game of Thrones books to a close. Although ChatGPT did not administer any major character deaths, it managed to deliver a moderately satisfactory ending to the series.
Martin and several other authors recently sued OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT, for utilizing their copyrighted material as "training data." The authors allege that the chatbot, which learns from extensive datasets to imitate human writing, has been utilizing their work without obtaining proper permission. Among the most severe instances of OpenAI's copyright violation is a fan who employed ChatGPT to complete the Game of Thrones novels by imitating Martin's unique writing style. Nonetheless, OpenAI promptly removed the project upon being served with the lawsuit, and it appears that the fan himself had no malicious intent.
