Posted 3/2/2024, 2:21:18 PM
Lawsuits Test Untested Legal Territory over AI Training on Copyrighted Data
- Several lawsuits allege AI companies violated copyright by training models on copyrighted data without permission
- Outcome unsure due to untested legal territory, but some predict many suits will fail due to fair use protections
- NY Times lawsuit seen as test case - claims ChatGPT infringes by reproducing content verbatim
- AI companies argue fair use still applies as models don't copy but predict next words
- Lawsuits could establish licensing requirements and payments for using copyrighted data to train AI