AI Model Training is Unfair – In Limited Circumstances

A Delaware federal district court made headlines this week by issuing the first court decision rejecting fair use as a defense in training artificial intelligence (AI) models with copyrighted content. In Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. Ross Intel. Inc., Judge Bibas held, among other things, that two of the four factors analyzed in determining whether copyright infringement is defendable as fair use weighed heavily in favor of the copyright owner – in this case, Thomson Reuters. Thomson…
By: Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC