Poetry Foundation Poems Scraped for AI Education Site Giggle Academy
Poet Kyle Dargan recently realized that his copyrighted works had been extracted from the Poetry Foundation website and subsequently published on Giggle Academy, an AI learning platform established by Binance CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao in 2024. This platform, which boasts one million users across 182 nations, provides complimentary language education for children and includes AI-generated instructional materials. Dargan identified four of his poems, each accompanied by AI-created illustrations and discussion prompts. Both University of Georgia Press and Northwestern University Press demanded their removal, and by Thursday, those pages were eliminated, although many others still exist. An employee at Giggle Academy, David, referenced fair use principles, while Dargan condemned the violation, stating it was 'worse than getting caught up in the Anthropic suit.'
Key facts
- Kyle Dargan found his poems on Giggle Academy, an AI-generated educational site.
- Giggle Academy was founded by Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao in 2024.
- The site claims one million users in 182 countries.
- Poems were scraped from the Poetry Foundation website.
- University of Georgia Press and Northwestern University Press requested removal of Dargan's work.
- Four pages with Dargan's poems were taken down, but hundreds remain.
- Poetry Foundation VP of IT Keri Cascio doubted bulk action could be taken.
- Giggle Academy employee David apologized, citing fair use.
- Giggle Academy features AI-generated storybooks of Disney movies and children's books.
- Dargan's poem 'States May Sing Their Songs of Praise' was labeled for 2-8 year olds despite its lynching subject.
- Dargan compared the infringement to the Anthropic lawsuit settlement of $1.5 billion.
Entities
Artists
- Kyle Dargan
Institutions
- Giggle Academy
- Poetry Foundation
- University of Georgia Press
- Northwestern University Press
- Binance
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