Technology,
Intellectual Property
Jun. 19, 2025
Everything old is new again as voracious GenAI systems turn to 600-year-old texts for training
Generative AI platforms are turning to centuries-old public domain documents to train their systems and sidestep billion-dollar legal battles over the use of protected works.
Anita Taff-Rice
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As the song says, "Don't throw the past away, you might need it some rainy day, when everything old is new again."
It appears to be a rainy day for generative artificial intelligence platforms, mired in litigation from actors, authors and newspapers that claim they have been harmed by unauthorized use of their works to train those platforms. Class action complaints representing massive numbers of authors, artists and copyrighted works allege that generat...
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