Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook Includes AI Training Warning — Read Out by the Narrator
Games Workshop is famously anti-AI, but I was still caught by surprise when the narrator of my new favorite Warhammer 40,000 audiobook read out a warning about training AI systems on the novel itself.
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has accused Anthropic of infringing on his copyrights by using his books to train their AI model. This is part of a broader debate about whether Games Workshop, the creator of Warhammer 40,000, can stop AI companies from training their models on its copyrighted material. Games Workshop has a long history of being anti-AI, even banning the use of AI in its own content production and design process.
The Black Library, Games Workshop's official book business, has clear AI warnings on its website, stating that any use of their content for AI training is prohibited. However, even the narrator of an audiobook version of a Warhammer novel read out a warning about training AI on the book itself. This is the first time such a warning has been read out by a Black Library narrator.
Despite these warnings, it is unclear whether Games Workshop can actually prevent AI companies from training their models on its books, as fair use arguments are typically made in the tech world when it comes to hoovering up content. This case will likely need to go to court to determine if Games Workshop has any legal recourse against AI companies for using its books to train their models.
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