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AI legal research firm Ross Intelligence found to have violated copyright law

A US appeals court has affirmed a previous ruling that AI legal research firm Ross Intelligence violated copyright law. The court found that Ross Intelligence unlawfully used proprietary data harvested by its bots to train its legal search engine. This decision could have significant implications for the future development and training of AI programs. AI

IMPACT This ruling could set a precedent for the use of copyrighted material in AI training, potentially impacting future AI development and data acquisition strategies.

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

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AI legal research firm Ross Intelligence found to have violated copyright law

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Court ruling on AI training data and copyright law. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]
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    A US appeals court upheld a ruling that AI legal research company Ross Intelligence had broken copyright law by training its legal search engine on proprietary

    A US appeals court upheld a ruling that AI legal research company Ross Intelligence had broken copyright law by training its legal search engine on proprietary data harvested by their bots, a ruling which presages doom for all AI programs https:// futurism.com/artificial-intell i…