Should museums be able to assert copyright protection on images in the public domain? And do advances in AI raise new questions about intellectual property? Sarah Barker investigates.
In December 2023, The New York Times became the first major American media organisation to sue OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, over copyright issues associated with the use of published written works to train artificial intelligence technologies. At a time when AI is generating not just writing but art too, perhaps never before have opinions on copyright protection been so diametrically opposed.
At one end of the spectrum are those who think that, in this age of rapidly developing AI technologies, all obstacles to creativity should be removed. At the other end are those who believe that digitalisation and an increasingly image-driven culture only serve to make copyright ever-more important... Keep reading on Apollo Magazine.
In December 2023, The New York Times became the first major American media organisation to sue OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, over copyright issues associated with the use of published written works to train artificial intelligence technologies. At a time when AI is generating not just writing but art too, perhaps never before have opinions on copyright protection been so diametrically opposed.
At one end of the spectrum are those who think that, in this age of rapidly developing AI technologies, all obstacles to creativity should be removed. At the other end are those who believe that digitalisation and an increasingly image-driven culture only serve to make copyright ever-more important... Keep reading on Apollo Magazine.