copyright

In his blog post, Altman said the new policy on characters protected by copyright will be “similar to the opt-in model for likeness but with additional controls.”

The company is also grappling with the use of copyrighted characters.

As first reported in Deadline, the claimants, represented by law firm Edwin Coe, have filed a High Court complaint against Avalon, citing copyright and design right concerns.

But other prominent YouTubers pointed out the controversy around what generative AI is trained on - with some arguing it steals copyrighted material without paying the creators.

Discovery and Universal, have sued AI businesses for copyright infringement.