Free-riding - AI v IP

Artificial intelligence is nothing without the data it needs to 'learn', which surely belongs to someone, or rather to many. Those owners, waking up to the risk that their intellectual property is being scraped for free by AI model developers, are starting to assert their rights. Laura Syrett considers the challenges confronting both legislators and litigants.

Artificial intelligence is nothing without the data it needs to 'learn', which surely belongs to someone, or rather to many. Those owners, waking up to the risk that their intellectual property is being scraped for free by AI model developers, are starting to assert their rights. Laura Syrett considers the challenges confronting both legislators and litigants.