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Trump’s DOJ Drops Another Legal Bomb; Declares Training Isn’t Infringement as Fair Use Battles Rage

With a number of AI copyright battles unfolding – and with billions riding on the all-important fair use question – the Justice Department has doubled down on its position that training LLMs on protected text constitutes fair use. The DOJ reiterated its training stance yesterday, in a filing submitted as part of an ongoing infringement […]

Trump’s DOJ Drops Another Legal Bomb; Declares Training Isn’t Infringement as Fair Use Battles Rage

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With a number of AI copyright battles unfolding – and with billions riding on the all-important fair use question – the Justice Department has doubled down on its position that training LLMs on protected...

The DOJ reiterated its training stance yesterday, in a filing submitted as part of an ongoing infringement […]

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With a number of AI copyright battles unfolding – and with billions riding on the all-important fair use question – the Justice Department has doubled down on its position that training LLMs on protected text constitutes fair use. The DOJ reiterated its training stance yesterday, in a filing submitted as part of an ongoing infringement […]

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