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AI company loses fair use defense in copyright infringement case

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The Third Circuit has ruled against an AI company's fair use defense, determining that training an AI on a competitor's copyrighted material constitutes copyright infringement. This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by Thomson Reuters against the now-defunct AI startup ROSS Intelligence. ROSS had used headnotes from Reuters' Westlaw database, accessed via a third party, to train its AI for a competing product, which the court found to be an unauthorized use of copyrighted content. AI

IMPACT This ruling could set a precedent for AI training data usage, potentially impacting how AI models are developed and licensed.

RANK_REASON Court ruling on AI training data and copyright infringement. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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AI company loses fair use defense in copyright infringement case

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "PHILADELPHIA (CN) — The Third Circuit rejected an artificial intelligence company’s fair use defense after it trained its AI on a competitor’s product, finding

    "PHILADELPHIA (CN) — The Third Circuit rejected an artificial intelligence company’s fair use defense after it trained its AI on a competitor’s product, finding the training constituted copyright infringement — and potentially setting a landmark precedent for artificial intellige…

    LINKS courthousenews.com/ai-training-of-copyrig…

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