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Authors Are Furious After Finding Their Works on List of Books Used To Train AI (www.themarysue.com)
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Authors using a new tool to search a list of 183,000 books used to train AI are furious to find their works on the list.

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[–] pavnilschanda@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I hope they can at least get compensated.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So where can I check to see if my book was used? I published a book.

[–] threadloose@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

The database is here. You'll have to sign up for a free trial if you're not a subscriber to The Atlantic already. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/

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