OpenAI accused of training on stolen papers, sparking copyright and open-knowledge debate

felpix_ · x · 2026-10-18

User memecrashes claims OpenAI trained internal models on "stolen" research papers carrying intellectual property, mocking the idea that OpenAI "does not owe mathematicians a single cent."

Felpix quote-replies with a jab: "can we not re-invent Elsevier from first principles" — implying AI labs' extraction of academic work mirrors legacy publishers' exploitative paywalls — and adds that "knowledge should be free," highlighting the tension between researcher rights and open-knowledge ideals in the training-data copyright debate.

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