Tech companies battle content creators over use of copyrighted material to train AI models
Canadian creators and publishers want the government to do something about the unauthorized and usually unreported use of their content to train generative artificial intelligence systems. But AI companies maintain that using the material to train their systems doesn't violate copyright.
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Canadian creators and publishers want the government to do something about the unauthorized and usually unreported use of their content to train generative artificial intelligence systems. But AI companies maintain that using the material to train their systems doesn't violate copyright.