Court Rules Copyrighted Material as AI Training Data Is Not Fair Use

The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that Ross Intelligence violated copyright law by training its legal search engine on Thomson Reuters' Westlaw materials. This first-of-its-kind decision could weaken AI companies' fair use defense, as OpenAI and others face numerous similar lawsuits.

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