Some large media houses or news sites have blocked the GPTBot artificial intelligence tool from accessing their texts. The robot, which draws data from open sources, was quietly launched on August 8 by OpenAI, the company behind the chat tool ChatGPT.
But the American media The New York Times and CNN, the Australian station ABC or the news agencies Reuters and Bloomberg decided to slam the door on the robot and not share their texts with it. This was reported by the AFP agency on Wednesday.
The GPTBot robot tries to “absorb” as much continuous text as possible, which it uses as the basis for the functioning of the text-forming models. However, the California start-up OpenAI itself has published a way to prevent the robot from accessing data. But the digital shield against the robot is now being raised by more and more servers and sites.
In the first two weeks of the bot’s operation, about ten percent of the 1,000 largest servers in the world denied it access, estimates the plagiarism detection tool Originality.ai. They also include the Amazon online store and Shutterstock stock photos. The list will grow by about five percent of sites each week, according to Originality.ai.
In France, the servers of the France Médias Monde group, such as the France 24 television station or RFI radio, the Mediapart online server, the public radio station Radio France or the private TV station TF1, defied the GPTBot robot.
The head of Radio France, Sibyle Veil, criticized “unauthorized looting of content” as unacceptable. “There is no reason for them to learn from our content without providing anything in return,” added her colleague responsible for innovation Laurent Frisch. It also bothers him that the radio has no idea how this data is then handled.
Vincent Fleury of France Médias Monde warns that artificial intelligence can mix data from reputable media with other sources, creating a misleading context.
According to AFP, most media representatives agree that there is a need to start a dialogue with OpenAI about generative artificial intelligence, conclude contracts and agree on remuneration.
In the United States, the Associated Press signed an agreement with OpenAI in July. In exchange for access to archival AP texts dating back to 1985, the news agency can use AI technology and expertise.
OpenAI also pledged five million dollars (over 110 million crowns) to the American Journalism Project, an organization that supports regional media, and up to five million dollars to fund the use of its API, which is supposed to help journalists integrate AI tools into their work.
The urgency of the debate on rules for artificial intelligence is also evidenced by the fact that in August ten major international media houses, including AFP, AP or Gannett/USA Today, called on politicians and major players in the sector to clearly establish rules for the use of artificial intelligence in news, supplies the French press agency.
2023-08-30 14:51:15
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