Irony, Irony laced with Karma, and Terror
We recorded 3 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 2 can’t be checked. 3 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
“I have been writing for a long time about how OpenAI snarfs the intellectual property of artists and writers.”
What we tested: OpenAI takes the intellectual property of artists and writers without permission.
What happened: The court records that training on nine disputed song lyrics was undisputed. The following sentence dates their reproduction by the chatbot to 2024, establishing use by that year without supplying the exact training date. (Munich I Regional Court / Bavarian Ministry of Justice, )
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“It would indeed be one the great ironies of history if one of the biggest IP thieves in history was taken down by mass IP theft.”
What we tested: It would be one of the great ironies of history if OpenAI, one of the biggest IP thieves in history, were taken down by mass IP theft.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“That can’t be good. A zillionaire hellbent on winning the AI race and no longer interested in AI safety is not what the world needs.”
What we tested: A zillionaire, Musk at xAI, who is hellbent on winning the AI race and no longer interested in AI safety is not what the world needs, and that can't be good.
Held from this post (3)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- Attribution is uncertain
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: OpenAI's leader asked governments for a wholesale copyright exemption to free ride on creators' work, yet now complains about others free riding on OpenAI's IP.
- The two reviews read the claim differently