Judge William Alsup issued the first decision recognizing that using copyrighted materials to train AI models is a transformative fair use. Although many other cases raise the same question against different AI companies, including Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google, this first decision provides at least one precedent tackling this novel question of law. Ultimately, the … Continue reading Judge Alsup’s Solomonic judgment on fair use in AI training & acquiring pirated books: is it the blueprint for the future of AI training? Part I: Pirated copies