Does OpenAI use book data, such as ebooks or scanned PDFs, to train its artificial intelligence systems? If so, what sources does it use for this data? Is it legal for companies to use book data for free to create a business?

Does OpenAI use book data, such as ebooks or scanned PDFs?

ruby_coder February 1, 2023, 1:42am 3

This table (blow) from the reference above summaries nicely for those who will not have time to read the blog post:

Topic		Replies	Views
Training data - books1 & books2 API	2	2772	July 7, 2021
Has GPT been trained with pay-walled scientific papers or copyrighted books, journals, etc? API	2	1528	April 30, 2023
What are books1 and books2? API	0	6689	August 24, 2021
Does OPEN AI API use API data for training? API	5	18035	February 28, 2024
Will documents will be used to train the bot? Anything will be shared from out documents? API	3	1542	December 15, 2023