Generative AI Fuels Copyright Concerns
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Generative AI models are trained on vast amounts of copyrighted data scraped from the internet, raising questions about copyright infringement.
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Through selective prompting, users can get AI to generate text, images, or video that closely resembles copyrighted works, violating copyright protections.
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Builders of AI models argue prompts don't reproduce training data so shouldn't violate copyright, but some studies show prompting can result in infringement.
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Methods exist to help detect copyright violations and make models "unlearn" copyrighted data, but there's no established approach to build safeguards into AI to prevent infringement.
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Since users can't be expected to avoid infringements, policymakers may need to intervene with legal/regulatory guidelines to ensure generative AI builders limit copyright risks.