One question that lies at the heart of AI development has recently become increasingly contentious and will surely shape the future trajectory of AI development: Do Generative AI models violate copyright law? The Brewing Legal Battle This copyright dilemma is two-fold. [...] A lawsuit filed by the New York Times against AI developers OpenAI and Microsoft alleges that the use of the Times’ news articles to train AI chatbots causes them to unfairly “compete with (the Times) as a source of reliable information”. [...] The crux of their argument lies in the doctrine of “fair use”, a concept in US copyright law that allows the use of protected material under limited circumstances, including when the material is used for educational purposes or in one’s exercise of freedom of speech. [...] On the other hand, a bill recently filed in the US House of Representatives would require developers to submit a notice to the Register of Copyrights whenever copyrighted material is used to train a Gen AI model. [...] Either of these proposals would be a major advancement in AI copyright enforcement in the US as several AI-related laws at the state level have focused on data privacy and the use of personal data in AI training.
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