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Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)

submitted 5 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.

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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Genuine question, do instances not have a GPL license on their content? With that license, anyone can use all the data but only for open source software.

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Instances don't actually own the copyright to comments. The poster owns the copyright and licenses it to the instance. Which lets the instance use it, but not sublicense to others.

[-] Spedwell@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The current assumption made by these companies is that AI training is fair use, and is therefore legal regardless of license. There are still many ongoing court cases over this, but one case was already resolved in favor or the fair use position.