"Knowledge should be free": OpenAI paper copyright debate continues

felpix_ · x · 2026-10-18

Following his "don't re-invent Elsevier" quip, felpix adds: "this might be crazy, but knowledge should be free."

The remark extends the ongoing controversy over claims that OpenAI trained on pirated research papers — the poster supports open knowledge while distancing himself from AI labs appropriating researchers' work without authorization, reflecting increasingly split positions in the training-data copyright debate.

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