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New bill would force AI companies to reveal use of copyrighted art

Adam Schiff introduces bill amid growing legal battle over whether major AI companies have made illegal use of copyrighted works

The legislation adds to a growing number of attempts from lawmakers, news outlets and artists to establish how AI firms use creative works like songs, visual art, books and movies to train their software–and whether those companies are illegally building their tools off copyrighted content. Schiff’s bill would not ban AI from training on copyrighted material, but would put a sizable onus on companies to list the massive swath of works that they use to build tools like ChatGPT – data that is usually kept private. Last week, a group of over 200 high-profile musical artists released an open letter calling for increased protections against AI and demanding that companies not develop tools that could undermine or replace musicians and songwriters.

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