Archives: AI

What Goldsmith Means to AI Trainers

By Chad Rutkowski on June 7, 2023 Posted in AI

The House IP Subcommittee’s “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I—Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law” hearing has two former General Counsels of the US Copyright Office squaring off over whether using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence (AI) models would qualify as a fair use of those works under US copyright law. Sy Damle, … Continue Reading

The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

By Chad Rutkowski on April 24, 2023 Posted in AI

Discussions held over the past several months regarding authorship of AI-generated works have suffered from at least two things—1) an outsized focus on whether the users of commercially available generative AI (GAI) can own the content returned to them by the AI software, and 2) an outsized focus by the Copyright Office on a need … Continue Reading

Generative AI Tools Can Present IP Risks, But They’re Manageable

By Theresa Weisenberger on March 21, 2023 Posted in AI

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The sudden increase in news coverage of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney has employees excited to discover how these accessible tools can make their jobs easier. Employers are concerned about the legal implications of using such tools, and they are exploring different approaches for their own AI usage policies. However, blanket … Continue Reading