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Federal judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of course, because money is more important than anything else.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Non sequitur, no matter who would have won such a case, the winner would have turned out with more money?

I am generally sympathetic to making copyright weaker and less restrictive, so I consider this a good thing even while not being very interested in or enthusiastic about AI.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Because turning books into a language model is transformative. No LLM is a substitute for the original works.