Generative AI has brought many copyright issues to the surface. Just this week, writers including George R.R. Martin, led by the Writers Guild, It has been submitted The lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT, the startup’s viral AI-powered chatbot, was trained to do its job without their knowledge or consent.
And OpenAI isn’t the only one having to deal with this. One of our co-founders, Anastasis Germanidis, took to the stage at Disrupt 2023. RunwayThe company, which develops generative AI tools for video, said his company is “still exploring” the right approach to training AI models on the work of artists and creators.
“We are working closely with artists to consider what is the best approach to addressing this issue,” Germanidis said. “We are exploring various data partnerships to enable further growth and build next-generation models.”
Like many generative AI startups, Runway doesn’t reveal exactly where it sources the data it uses to train its models, including Gen-2, which generates videos from text prompts.academically paper Regarding Gen-2’s architecture details, Runway only says that the model was trained on an internal data set of 240 million images and 6.4 million video clips.
Some of that data may be copyrighted. If so, the runway could land in hot water.
Over the past year or so, artists have filed lawsuits against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt, alleging that models released by each company infringe copyrights by training artists’ work and producing output in that style. He claimed that Separately, Getty Images sued Stability AI in the UK for allegedly copying and processing millions of images and associated metadata owned by Getty.
Some companies developing generative AI tools argue that they are protected by the fair use doctrine, at least in the United States. unlikely It will be resolved soon.
To protect themselves from future legal issues, several generative AI vendors, including Stability AI, have introduced ways for artists to opt out of model training. (OpenAI just yesterday created a channel for artists to notify the company that their artwork can no longer be used to train models.) Other companies can receive a cut of the revenue generated by their generative models. We have launched a joint fund to share the data with the artists whose data was used. Train those models.
Runway does not offer a way to opt out of training or donations. But Germanidis hinted that the company is considering them.
“I think for us, coming from creative backgrounds, was important to how we built this company and figured out how to move this technology forward,” Germanidis said. “[We want] Artists can find these products and tools useful for them. ”
So what about the other side of the copyright debate: copyrighting AI-generated works? Whether AI-generated works are even possible is an open question. copyrighted. Although the U.S. Copyright Office has only recently begun soliciting comments on issues related to generative AI and IP, the court’s ruling is less clear.
However, Germanidis argued that runway-generated content could be protected by copyright.he recently stopped promising such policies adopted Microsoft will pay copyright-related legal damages to customers who use Microsoft’s AI services.but Runway will protect its customers if necessary, Germanidis said.
“We will adapt to any changes in regulations.” [we need to,] But artists need to use their platforms with confidence,” he said. “We support the content they create, and it’s theirs.”