Tool Without A Handle: Are You Not Trained?

Tool Without a Handle: Are You Not Trained?

This post takes up the questions of how copyright law may impact the development and commercialization of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") tools, given their use of other people's data, generally without prior notice or permission. While litigation on these issues is still moving through the courts, it is possible that even straight reproductions of protected content by AI tools will be deemed lawful "fair use." But there's much to argue for not resting the future of AI on that prospect, and instead to there's also much to offer in a voluntary, self-regulatory scheme, similar to how protected works are licensed and made broadly available through music licensing processes that allow licenses for public performances of copyrighted songs. Read more about Tool Without A Handle: Are You Not Trained?