IP Observatory
Copyright Law and the Creative Industries
QUT Faculty of Law
Thursday, 29 October 2020
10:00am to 3:00pm
Session 5. Copyright Law and New Technologies
GPT-3 – Copyright Law and Power
Dr Michael Guihot
Abstract
Open AI’s third generation Generative Pre-trained Transformer is a language model that uses machine learning to generate text. The latest model is significantly better performing than GPT-2, not because of advances in algorithms, but because of the large amounts of data upon which it was trained. This raises issues of copyright in the original data, but also raises issues about copyright in GPT-3’s output.
Biography
Michael Guihot’s research investigates the intersection of new technology and law, including the regulation of artificial intelligence, and the impact of new technologies on power and governance. My current research investigates how changes in global power structures affect private and public governance, and the impact of new technology on legal institutions. I have published in international journals on the regulation of artificial intelligence, am co-author of the book Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law.