Recent Ruling Regarding Copyright Protected Data And AI Tool Training

The meteoric rise of AI has brought upon new legal issues especially in the copyright space. Currently, the following ongoing litigations are at the forefront of the intersection of AI and copyright infringement: Authors Guild v. OpenAI Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-08292 (S.D.N.Y.) consolidated with Alter v. OpenAI Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-10211 and Basbanes v. Microsoft Corporation, Case No. 1:24-cv-00084; Kadrey v. Meta Platforms Inc., Case No. 23-cv-03417 (N.D.C.A.) consolidated with Farnsworth v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Case No. 24-cv-06893; Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., Case No. 20-cv-00613 (D. Del.). The parties involved in these cases are the copyright owner and companies that employ and develop AI-based tools such as OpenAI/Microsoft and Meta Platforms. These pending cases concern legal issues that courts have not previously addressed and thus, any decisions in these cases may have a profound impact on the future of AI.