Microsoft has stated in legal filings that its Copilot AI chatbot rarely reproduces substantial portions of copyrighted material, such as news articles from The New York Times or content from books. The company presented data showing that out of millions of chat logs analyzed, a very small fraction contained significant overlap with copyrighted works, arguing this supports its fair use defense in ongoing lawsuits. These lawsuits, brought by publishers and authors against Microsoft and OpenAI, allege that the AI products were built using their works and now directly compete with them. AI
IMPACT This legal defense could set precedents for fair use in AI training data, impacting how AI models can be developed and deployed.
RANK_REASON Legal filings from a company about its product's behavior in response to lawsuits.
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