Google Offers Legal Protection for Users of AI Products Over Copyright Concerns
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Google will protect customers who use some AI products if sued for copyright infringement. This covers products like Workspace, Google Cloud, and Vertex AI.
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Google will assume legal risks related to training data and results from its foundation models.
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Indemnity covers possibility that training data used copyrighted material.
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Google will also protect users sued over generated content similar to published works.
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Copyright issues have led to lawsuits against AI companies. Google already faced proposed class action over using personal/copyrighted data.
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