Attribution problem of generative AI: a view from US copyright law
Zeynep Ülkü Kahveci · Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice · 2023
... Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, a term that is used to describe AI systems, can generate content in response to a given prompt.1 Users can request generative AI to create a certain type of output or to edit a text or a picture submitted by the user. The output can be in various formats including text, images, audio or code. Today, technology companies are rushing to invest in generative AI. Microsoft’s investment of $10 billion in OpenAI, the developer of several popular generative AI products including ChatGPT, indicates the growing potential of this market.2 Expectationsare so high that a 4-week-old start-up company has just raised Europe’s largest ever seed based on its potential to develop generative AI similar to ChatGPT.3 McKinsey recently estimated generative AI to add the equivalent of $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion annually to the global economy.4 These figures demonstrate that generative AI or its derivatives will stay in our lives for a significant period of time.