One Minute Matters [Video]: What Happens When AI Uses Copyrighted Material To Train Its Model (with Mike Word)
One Minute Matters Video Series
2.25.25
Can AI training data be considered fair use? In Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, the court ruled that using Westlaw’s headnotes to train AI wasn’t fair use—it was commercial and non-transformative. Mike Word explains why AI companies need to prioritize licensing agreements and exercise greater transparency in how training data is sourced.