Reading or copying? Searching for AI certainty in copyright law

Reading or copying? Searching for AI certainty in copyright law

Intellectual property

With the major Getty Images v Stability AI case rumbling on in the High Court, and with updated government guidance on the topic expected soon, IHL turned to prominent tech and IP lawyers to examine the issues AI raises for copyright law.

Contributors

Alexander Ryan

In simple terms, generative AI systems are trained by exposure to vast data sets. They build and refine models based on this data. They learn to identify patterns – and to iterate and alter those patterns to create new content.

However, potential intellectual property issues arise at both the input and output stages: with the data an AI is trained on, and with the content it produces.

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