AI and the Copyright Violation Charge
The language related AI (the ones that generate text-based responses) are called LLM (Large Language Models) . They “learn” by being trained (by humans) on texts that are fed to them. Over time, once the LLM gets the hang of things, it is let loose on different parts of the Internet to continue to learn on its own. It is that last part – learning from content on the Internet – that raised the charge of copyright violation from various content provider sites e.g. news agencies, book sites and many authors. Is this a valid charge? LLM supporters say the AI is no different from humans who read content and generate new content that is influenced by, but not a copy of the material they read. The copyright violation brigade responds that humans read a small quantity, whereas LLM’s have changed the game by the sheer volume of content they read, and are thus a risk to the livelihood of the content creators. Rahul Matthan has an interesting take on the matter. Sure, a lot ...