Trump Says AI Should Be Able to Use Some Copyrighted Material

July 23, 2025, 9:54 PM UTC

President Trump says artificial intelligence should be allowed to use some copyrighted material.

  • Trump speaks at AI summit
  • “Of course, you can’t copy or plagiarize an article, but if you read an article and learn from it, we have to allow AI to use that pool of knowledge without going through the complexity of contract negotiations, of which there would be thousands for every time we use AI,” Trump says

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Airielle Lowe, Tyler Clifford

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