AI copyright crunch
With a lack of legal clarity and caselaw on copyright and AI, law firms are trying to push to the front of the advisory pack.
The Attorney General’s dedicated copyright AI group was announced with fanfare late last year before going rather quiet.
The group's 67 participants — drawn from the tech, creative and media industries — have met three times since then but have hit a crunch point over a key issue: “transparency”.
That is, what information should be required from companies to explain how they train their AI models and, crucially, what content they use in the process.
The focus on transparency — and whether the attorney general should now come up with specific, fast-tracked measures under copyright law to address related concerns — reflects a gradual realisation by policymakers, Marque Lawyers managing partner Michael Bradley told Capital Brief.
