Two recent cases have shed light on how US courts are approaching the unlicensed training of large language models (LLMs).
In an article for The Bookseller, Tancred Campbell discusses how the rulings appear to be a win for developers, after courts ruled in favour of them (Anthropic and Meta), finding that the training of LLMs on published materials without a licence could be justified under the US doctrine of “fair use”.
"It is arguable that UK authors currently enjoy stronger protections against the unauthorised use of their works for LLM training than their US counterparts."
Tancred Campbell
Associate
Read the full article on The Bookseller.
