The recent surge in lawsuits over generative AI has primarily targeted system-owning companies like Google, rather than individual users. These companies argue that using internet-scraped data for system training falls under fair use according to U.S. copyright law.
Key takeaways:
- Google has pledged to defend users of its generative artificial-intelligence systems on Google Cloud and Workspace platforms against accusations of intellectual property violations.
- The company's new policy applies to its software, including Vertex AI development platform and Duet AI system, but does not cover its Bard AI chatbot program.
- Google's indemnity does not cover instances where users intentionally create or use generated output to infringe the rights of others.
- AI companies, including Google, have been targeted in lawsuits over generative AI, but they argue that the use of training data scraped from the internet qualifies as fair use under U.S. copyright law.