From struggling to provide coherent answers to questions about where their training data comes from, to reluctantly admitting that training AI would be impossible without using copyrighted materials, to openly urging the government to make it easier to use content for AI training by now, OpenAI is not even attempting to conceal the fact that its wonder-machines are built on questionably-obtained content, reaffirming that once again in its recent proposal submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.First noticed by Chat GPT Is Eating the World, the 15-page document regurgitates several points from the companys January proposal, AI in America: OpenAIs Economic Blueprint namely, comparing artificial intelligence to interstate highways, calling for the investment of billions of dollars in the AI industry, opposing state- and federal-level regulations that would prohibit AI firms from scraping content and allow content creators to opt-out, and, naturally, fearmongering by contrasting evil, communist Chinese AI with their own good, democratic AI with comparisons at times so cheesy, clichd, and over-the-top, it feels as if youve been teleported back to the 1960s at the height of the Cold War.In its section specifically addressing copyright, OpenAI declared that if the PRCs developers have unfettered access to data and American companies are left without fair use access, the race for AI is effectively over. America loses, as does the success of democratic AI, essentially admitting that without scraping copyrighted content, their generative models arent possible, while, of course, spicing up the admission with a generous pinch of faux-patriotism to avoid sounding like theyre in the wrong.While its blatantly obvious that OpenAI is simply doing what every other company does securing funding, opposing regulation, and using language designed to resonate with the current administration the company itself paints a picture of being deeply concerned about their home country, insisting that applying the fair use doctrine to AI is not just a matter of the United States competitiveness but one of national security.The rapid advances seen with the PRCs DeepSeek, among other recent developments, show that Americas lead on frontier AI is far from guaranteed, the proposal reads. Given concerted state support for critical industries and infrastructure projects, theres little doubt that the PRCs AI developers will enjoy unfettered access to data including copyrighted data that will improve their models.As such, the tech giant is pushing the US government to make sure copyright laws and regulations dont interfere with the AI scraping machine, actively monitor the overall availability of data to American AI firms, and assess whether other countries are restricting American companies access to data and other critical inputs.They also want the government to keep an eye on domestic policy debates and ongoing litigation, ready to step in at the federal level if any pesky states dare to decide for themselves whether they want to embrace AI or not. And, as the cherry on top, theyre asking for more access to government-held or government-supported data because, of course, the US government is just so fond of sharing top-secret documents.We highly encourage you to check out the full list of OpenAIs outlandish claims and demands here or its TL;DR version over here.Dont forget to join our 80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post OpenAI Claims the AI Race is Over if They Arent Allowed to Use Copyrighted Materials appeared first on CG SHARES.