In recent times, tech companies have faced lawsuits from authors, artists, programmers, and traditional media companies who argue that using their work to train AI software constitutes copyright infringement. For instance, some authors claim that their work was used to train large language model chatbots. Similarly, artists and Getty Images have filed lawsuits against Stability AI for using their works and photos respectively to train AI systems to create images.
Key takeaways:
- Judge Stephanos Bibas determined that a jury should decide on the lawsuit filed by Thomson Reuters against Ross Intelligence, a legal-research AI startup, due to questions surrounding fair use and tortious interference.
- Thomson Reuters, owner of WestLaw, alleges that Ross Intelligence infringed its copyright by illegally copying WestLaw’s short summaries of points of law that appear in judicial opinions.
- Technology companies have recently faced lawsuits from authors, artists, programmers, and traditional media companies who argue that the use of their work to train AI software is copyright infringement.
- Stability AI has been accused of copyright infringement by artists and Getty Images for using their works and photos respectively to train and create AI-generated images.