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Judge Rules For Meta In AI Lawsuit Brought By Sarah Silverman And Other Authors, But Warns Of Illegally Using Copyrighted Works In Training Models


The judge warned that in many cases the unauthorized use of copyrighted works in training models was illegal.

A federal judge ruled that Meta ‘s unauthorized use of copyrighted works from Sarah Silverman and other authors to train generative AI models is a “fair use,” but warned that the practice may in many circumstances be illegal. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria is the second this week to determine that a major AI firm’s use of copyrighted works to train models falls within the “fair use” legal standard. Chhabria wrote that the “upshot is that in many circumstances it will be illegal to copy copyright-protected works to train generative AI models without permission.

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