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Wikimedia Foundation urges balanced AI copyright ruling

The Wikimedia Foundation is advocating for a nuanced approach in ongoing AI copyright lawsuits. They propose that the training of large language models on copyrighted material should be legally protected, but the output of these models, when it directly reproduces copyrighted content, should not be. Wikimedia argues that a binary ruling could harm the development of useful AI tools for Wikipedia contributors or jeopardize the open web. AI

IMPACT Could shape future legal precedents for AI training data and output.

RANK_REASON The Wikimedia Foundation is offering an opinion on ongoing legal cases, not announcing a new product, research, or policy.

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Wikimedia Foundation urges balanced AI copyright ruling

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