'Lawsuit time' - Elon Musk says to Microsoft
Scott Olson
Elon Musk on Wednesday threatened to sue tech giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) over claims that the company trained its AI model illegally using Twitter data. He made these remarks on his official Twitter handle, tweeting, "They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time."
The billionaire was likely responding to Microsoft's plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform. Microsoft (MSFT) said that it would cut out Twitter as they refuse to pay the microblogging site's API fees. "Other social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn will continue to be available," Microsoft said.
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Big Tech companies are working to develop cutting-edge AI models like OpenAIâs GPT, and data owners are seeking to stop them or charge for use of their content. GPT requires data for training, that is obtained from websites like Reddit, StackOverflow, and Twitter. Such training data is helpful as it captures informal, back-and-forth conversations.
In February, Twitter started charging for the data it collects from "hundreds of millions" of users, with a basic plan starting at $100 a month. Similarly, Getty Images is suing Stable Diffusion, alleging that the company copied its content to train its AI image generator.
Speaking to the BBC last week, Musk said Twitter had just months left to live when he took over. He also noted that "almost all advertisers have come back or said they are going to come back" to Twitter.
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