The robust market for AI training data is smashing corporate tech’s courtroom arguments for copyright piracy as fair use. It turns out that paying people for the use of their property isn’t ‘impracticable’ after all.

Recent rulings in two AI lawsuits favored copyright holders over AI corporations. It’s not the final word, but the decisions hold lessons for the legal use of training data for AI models.

The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work

Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.

AI copyright row deepens: Stability VP quits in protest over 'fair use' excuse

OpenAI offers to pay for ChatGPT customers’ copyright lawsuits

At its first showcase, the ChatGPT creator unveiled an app store, a new AI model, and a legal strategy for copyright infringement suits

What I Found in a Database Meta Uses to Train Generative AI

Nobel-winning authors, Dungeons and Dragons, Christian literature, and erotica all serve as datapoints for the machine.