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Federal judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training
But, the judge ruled, AI companies should not be pirating the books they’re training on.
Though it doesn’t guarantee other courts will follow, Judge William Alsup’s ruling marks the first of dozens of ongoing copyright lawsuits to give an answer on fair use in the context of generative AI. It’s a question that’s been raised by creatives across various industries for years since generative AI tools exploded into the mainstream, allowing users to easily produce art from models trained on copyrighted work — often without the human creator’s knowledge or permission. “Consistent with copyright’s purpose in enabling creativity and fostering scientific progress, ‘Anthropic’s LLMs trained upon works not to race ahead and replicate or supplant them — but to turn a hard corner and create something different.’”
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