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AI and copyright
AI and copyright covers two open questions: whether training AI on copyrighted work is allowed, and who, if anyone, owns what AI creates.
Also called AI copyright, copyright in AI
In more detail
Authors, artists, news publishers and record labels have sued AI companies over the use of their work as training data, while some AI firms now sign licensing deals. Courts in different countries are still deciding these cases.
On ownership, the US Copyright Office has said that purely AI-generated material isn’t protected by copyright, although human creative input can be. Rules differ by country, so check the terms of the tool you use.
Related terms
Training dataTraining data is the set of examples, such as text, images or past records, that an AI model learns from. Its quality and range shape what the model can do.AI image generatorAn AI image generator creates pictures from a written description. You type what you want to see, and it produces new images in seconds.AI music generatorAn AI music generator creates songs or instrumental tracks from a text description, sometimes with vocals and lyrics.AI regulationAI regulation is the set of laws and rules governments create to manage the risks of AI, such as the EU AI Act.
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