Bestselling thriller writer John Grisham says the “threat” to his profession from AI cannot be “truly appreciated… explained or predicted”.
He is among a group of writers who have accused OpenAI of unlawfully training its artificial-intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT on their work.Jonathan Franzen, Jodi Picoult and George RR Martin are among those joining the recent group legal action.
Grisham told “It’s my turn to file suit.”He said: “For 30 years, I’ve been sued by everyone else – for slander, defamation, copyright, whatever – so it’s my turn.”OpenAI said last month it respected the rights of authors, “they should benefit from AI technology” and the company was “optimistic we will continue to find mutually beneficial ways to work together”.
