DOJ Tells Court AI Training on Text Is Fair Use
The US Justice Department told a federal court that training AI models on copyrighted text is generally fair use, backing OpenAI and Microsoft in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit.
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Fair use is the US legal doctrine that lets certain uses of copyrighted work proceed without permission — and it sits at the center of the fight over whether AI companies can train models on books, articles, and art. This hub follows the rulings and settlements testing where that line falls.
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What Is Fair Use — and Does It Cover AI Training on Books?
A US court ruled that training AI on legally acquired books can be fair use — but downloading them from a pirate site is not, as Anthropic's $1.5B settlement shows.
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