The individual who harnessed AI to create finished versions of the Game of Thrones books has decided to withdraw them from public availability after being implicated in a legal action initiated by George R.R. Martin. Martin, in conjunction with several other authors, recently launched a lawsuit against OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, alleging "widespread copyright infringement." Notably, the lawsuit specifically cited the fan who gained recognition for using ChatGPT to compose finalized editions of "The Winds of Winter" and "A Dream of Spring," which constitute the concluding volumes of Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.
Following his association with George R.R. Martin's legal action against OpenAI, the fan has opted to take down the AI-generated renditions of the Game of Thrones books. Liam Swayne, as reported by WinterIsComing.net, conveyed on GitHub, where the books were formerly accessible, that he had recently been made aware of the lawsuit and consequently removed the project from the platform. Below is his complete statement:
"I have just learned that I was referenced in a legal document related to the OpenAI lawsuit. I have removed the project from GitHub. If any representatives of George R. R. Martin wish to contact me, my contact information is available."
The most recent installment in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, which served as the source material for the completed HBO series "Game of Thrones," was "A Dance with Dragons," published in 2011. As fans eagerly await the release of the sixth book, "The Winds of Winter," a project that George R.R. Martin has been diligently working on for over a decade, a fan by the name of Liam Swayne employed AI to conclude the remaining Game of Thrones books while emulating Martin's distinctive writing style. Although ChatGPT did not introduce any major character changes, it did provide a somewhat plausible resolution to the series.
In the preceding month, George R.R. Martin and several other authors initiated legal proceedings against OpenAI, the entity responsible for ChatGPT, alleging that their copyrighted works had been used as "training data" for the chatbot. The authors argued that the chatbot, which learns from extensive datasets to mimic human writing, had been incorporating their work without securing their permission. The fan who employed ChatGPT to finalize the Game of Thrones books by emulating Martin's writing style was one of the more notable instances of OpenAI's copyright-infringing activities. Nevertheless, given his prompt removal of the project upon learning of the lawsuit, it seems the fan harbored no malicious intentions.
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