It was bound to happen. With over 100 copyright lawsuits against nearly every AI company in the United States, the very broad infringement claims would eventually sweep in the practices of AI researchers, including at U.S. universities, generally. In fact, use of copyrighted works in AI training and development started first in academic research by … Continue reading Are AI researchers at U.S. universities engaged in infringement by unlicensed acquisition and use of copyrighted works, or use of AI models trained on unlicensed works? We shall likely find out.