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The basics of AI regulations: Copyright

The basics of AI regulations: Copyright

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The basics of AI regulations: Copyright

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- We can think about regulatory compliance as the floor. At a bare minimum, we need to be compliant with the rules. But when it comes to AI, what are those rules? Most countries are still sorting that out, but there are some applicable laws that will help us understand compliance with the rules. Let's start with copyright laws. Copyright laws exist to protect creative work so that creators are fairly compensated for their work. It covers a range of content such as music, writing, artwork, even software code. Generative AI is particularly useful for generating all of these things. That's not an accident, it's by design. First, I'm going to assume you are not making AI, you're using it. However, just as you should be aware if your T-shirt was made with exploitative labor practices, you should be aware that there are various copyright laws that might challenge the legality of how generative AI was made. Essentially, those laws say that intellectual property was used without the proper…

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