Training algorithms on copyrighted data is not illegal, according to the United States Supreme Court

Training algorithms on copyrighted data is not illegal, according to the United States Supreme Court

This article explores the Authors Guild v. Google case and the ramifications set by its precedent on the fields of artificial intelligence for the foreseeable future.

Author’s Guild v. Google has easily set one of the most important precedents for the field of artificial intelligence, and more explicitly, machine learning. The case debates the legal right for Google to use copyrighted books in its training database in order to train its Google Book Search algorithm. The Author’s guild alleged that the development of the Google Book Search database infringed upon the copyright of millions of books.

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