Finally, the missing link between Oppenheimer and AI.
But forget the thinkpieces about weapons of mass destruction — it’s that Kai Bird, coauthor of J. Robert Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus, is part of a fresh group of authors joining one of the numerous copyright lawsuits against generative AI companies.
No, not the one with Michael Chabon. Or the Sarah Silverman one. Or the one with George R.R. Martin… although those are in the same court district, so we wouldn’t be surprised if their fates are closely linked. My god, can the Copyright Office finish reading all those public comments and help clear things up?