The US courts have delivered a landmark ruling in favour of copyright owners over AI software developers. Its implications are likely to be felt around the world.
In an article for Computing, Solicitor Tancred Campbell discusses the decision delivered in February in a claim brought by Thomson Reuters against Ross Intelligence Inc and its implications for UK AI developers.
"For developers in the UK, the decision against Ross Intelligence should send a clear warning that the fair use defence under US copyright law is unlikely to offer any salvation where the model being trained could conceivably compete with the product or services of the copyright owner."
Tancred Campbell
Solicitor
Read the full article on the Computing website.
