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This article analyzes the legal boundaries of using copyrighted text for AI model training, specifically examining the distinction between lawful ingestion and illegal piracy in recent court rulings. It highlights how current copyright interpretations are evolving to accommodate the unique data processing methods of large language models without infringing on author rights.

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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated

TechCrunchAugust 23, 20265 min read

Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right?

You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly infinite databases of published works, containing hundreds of millions of books, online articles, academic papers, and basically anything you can find on the internet. Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right? The reality isn’t that simple. “I think one of the issues with this entire area of law and this entire area of technology is there’s a lot…

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