ChatGPT and Generative AI Are Hits! Can Copyright Law Stop Them?

June 26, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

ChatGPT and other generative AI platforms train on millions or even billions of words and images from the internet. Some of that content is in the public domain. Sometimes that content is licensed. But much of the content that generative AI trains on is neither.

Getty Images, a top supplier of visual content for license, has sued two of the leading companies offering generative AI tools. Will intellectual property laws spell doom for the burgeoning generative AI business? We explore the brewing battle over copyright and AI in this video.

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