OpenAI Mocked for Issuing Infringement Claim Over Its Logo While Scraping the Entire Web to Train AI Models
[ad_1] “It does not seem wise for OpenAI to start enforcing copyright claims.” IP Man As 404 Media reports, ChatGPT creator OpenAI is getting absolutely roasted for allegedly hitting moderators of the r/ChatGPT subreddit with an infringement claim over their use of OpenAI’s logo. Per 404, r/ChatGPT mods first took to the subreddit yesterday to share a screenshot of a message they’d received from Reddit leadership explaining that the company had “received a copyright complaint from openai.com alleging unauthorized use of their copyrighted logos in r/ChatGPT.” This, the message added, might “lead to user confusion,” and provided the moderators until May 16 to remove the logo. (The mods posted the screenshot with zero context, just a “thumbs up” emoji, the connotation of which may or may not be little passive-aggressive.) But if this request is real — neither OpenAI nor Reddit reportedly responded to 404’s requests for comment — a side-eyed response does feel warranted. As 404 notes, a company’s logo technically falls under trademark law, which is different than copyright. But the alleged request still …