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Joe Foley

US copyright verdict offers a glimmer of hope for artists vs AI

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AI art may be everywhere, but the legality of AI image generators trained on non-licensed data, and of the images generated by them, is still in doubt. Now, in what sounds like a win for artists, a US Copyright Office report has concluded that the fair use defence does not apply to commercial AI training.

But will the office's opinion change anything? That looks particularly doubtful after Donald Trump just fired the Copyright Office's director.

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