This is a topic that has crystallized debates since the advent of online generative artificial intelligence. ChatGPT algorithms, A dream machine can produce well “creations” increasingly convincingly, they draw from an opaque pool. As a result, some authors criticize the misuse of artificial intelligence in text generation. Few months ago, George RR Martin called for stricter regulations. The movement was followed by other actors and actresses from all walks of life, from voiceovers to comedians.
For Microsoft, the web is free
In an interview for an American channel CNBC, Microsoft’s head of artificial intelligence, Mustafa Suleyman, gave a very personal definition of intellectual property on the web. While rights defenders and legislators struggle to find a consensus on the tricky subject of copyright on creations created by artificial intelligence, the entrepreneur, on the contrary, believed that what is freely available on the Internet belonged to everyone.
Asked whether AI software steals the world’s intellectual property or not, Mustafa Suleyman replied: “I think when it comes to content that’s already on the open web, the social contract since the 90s is that it’s fair common use. Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce it“.
OpenAI in the eyes of justice
Nothing particularly surprising in this position. Microsoft is currently the target of several legal procedures through OpenAI. A leading global AI company has been specifically accused of stealing content to run its own text-generating algorithm. Indeed, if the web giant and its senior officials seem to think that the content available for free on the Internet belongs to everyone, it is far from the case.
Every work created, every content published on the Internet is automatically copyrighted. The situation is true in France, the United States and most countries in the world, no doubt. In contrast, creations generated by artificial intelligence it doesn’t belong to anyoneand cannot – at the moment – be the subject of any legal claim.
Especially from use “just” and the reasoning mentioned by Mustafa Suleyman does not concern what is created by AI companies, who throw out thousands of protected content every day, not knowing to what extent it will be used to feed their algorithm.
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