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ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence

This guide accompanies the Spring 2023 MLS continuing education workshop "ChatGPT and Generative AI: Implications for Libraries and Education.".

Myriad concerns about artificial intelligence abound. It's important to understand them in order to think critically about AI, education, and libraries.

This is selected list of resources reflects varied concerns about generative AI tools.

General Concerns

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Artificial intelligence and copyright (World Intellectual Property Organization magazine)
Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books (The Guardian)
Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies (New York Times)
The New York Times prohibits using its content to train AI models (The Verge)
Plagiarism Engine: Google’s Content-Swiping AI Could Break the Internet
Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI and Meta Over Copyright Infringement (New York Times)
Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission (NPR)
Tools such as ChatGPT threaten transparent science; here are our ground rules for their use (Nature)

Economic and Labor Impacts

The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth (Goldman Sachs Global Economics Analyst)

Environmental Impacts

Exploitation of Labor

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Bias

Plagiarism and Academic Integrity

Privacy