"Journalist and writer Fernando Morais has taken legal action against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, over the alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted content. According to CartaCapital magazine, the author of works including 'Olga' and 'Chatô: O Rei do Brasil' argued that the platform is capable of reproducing content from books he wrote. The lawsuit initially seeks 100,000 reais in damages.
The journalist’s lawyers conducted tests using three of his works and attached the results to the case. In one of them, according to the lawsuit, ChatGPT was asked about 'Chatô.' The response provided a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book.
According to Morais, what artificial intelligence systems are doing amounts to piracy. “It’s as if I walked into an airport bookstore right now and found another copy of 'Olga,' 'Chatô,' 'Corações Sujos,' 'A Ilha' or any other book of mine with someone else’s name on it,” he told CartaCapital."
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This story was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera
