Big Tech lands an early win in legal battles against publishers
This week, two large AI companies scored early victories in court, with federal judges who chose Meta and anthropic in individual lawsuits about how their models were trained on copyright protected material.
The decisions represent the first real legal validation of the AI companies argument that training models on books, images and other creative works can be considered “reasonable use” – even if those materials are not obtained with permission. It is a major problem for companies that build generative AI, and a potential turning point for the many lawsuits that are still on the move.
Today, on the Equity -Podcast of TechCrunch, hosts Max Zeff and Anthony Ha were accompanied by Sean O’Kane (who mercilessly came in while Kirsten went on his way to the Nevada desert to see the next large act of Redwood materials, the Startup Straubel in Tezes in Tezla. Although neither of the two cases is still a precedent, Anthony noted that calls are probably, and broader challenges could ultimately determine how AI companies deal with the entire industries in the future.
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