Datasets used by artificial intelligence (AI) companies from nonprofits are under scrutiny in lawsuits from authors, artists, entertainers, and other content creators who allege that the generative AI models are infringing copyrights.
In a Law360 article on the debate over nonprofit datasets for AI training, partner Meaghan Kent said, “Does using [the datasets] in a commercial way then remove that fair use? And does it remove the fair use for the institution who originally created it, or does it remove it for that end user? Both of them have to consider that, and quite frankly, I think courts could go different ways on this.”