Media and entertainment metadata solutions provider Gracenote has launched legal action against OpenAI, accusing the company of using its metadata and framework to train artificial intelligence.
The case, filed in a New York court, alleges OpenAI copied and used Gracenote’s dataset to “create and improve” its ChatGPT product, “without permission or compensation” to the company.
“Defendants’ AI products contain and generate exact copies of Gracenote Data, including outputting Gracenote Data’s descriptive content verbatim,” adds the suit.
The suit goes on to say Gracenote was able to prompt ChatGPT to recite large portions of its programme descriptions for certain shows and films, such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones and Saturday Night Live. “OpenAI had no role in creating this content, yet will recite it verbatim,” states the suit.
“Defendants could have paid Gracenote to license its valuable Gracenote Data. Or they could have sought to train and ground their models only on information in the public domain. They did neither. Defendants instead improperly copied and used Gracenote Data to create their own commercially valuable AI products, all without paying a dime,” claims the suit.
