This week, two important artificial intelligence companies have marked the first victories in court, with the federal judges who have lined up Half AND Anthropic In separate legal actions on how their models have been trained on copyright protected material.

Decisions, the first real legal validation of the topic of artificial intelligence companies according to which the formation of models on books, images and other creative works can be considered “fair use”, even if these materials have not been obtained with authorization. It is a big problem for companies that build artificial intelligence and a potential turn for Many causes Still in motion.

Today, on Techcrunch’s Equity Podcast, the guests Max Zeff and Anthony has been reached by Sean O’kane (who entered grace while Kirsten headed for the Nevada desert to see The next great act of materials in SequoiaThe startup founded by the Tesla Cto JB Straubel form) to immerse yourself more deeply in the sentences. Although none of the two cases still stared at a precedent, Anthony is not likely that the appeals Wider challenges Ultimately it could model the way in which artificial intelligence companies interact with entire sectors in the future.

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