Generative AI meets copyright

AI training and copyright

Can AI be trained on protected works?

Closer to freely allowed

If the lawsuits succeed, lawful US generative AI could be limited to public-domain or licensed data

What it says

Surveying the first copyright lawsuits against generative AI, the article explains creators' objections to training and to competing outputs, and warns that plaintiff wins could confine lawful US systems to public-domain or licensed training data. In related talks Samuelson urged showing how generative AI can advance copyright's purposes.

A leading US voice warning that copyright litigation could reshape who can build AI.

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