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Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out, turning copyright law on its head (www.theguardian.com)

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In its submission to the Australian government’s review of the regulatory framework around AI, Google said that copyright law should be altered to allow for generative AI systems to scrape the internet.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neither does AI?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But considering that humans do get copyright strikes when they do something too similar that should also applies to AI, doesn't matter if it's not exact.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That should tell you something about how companies act. They're fine with these LLMs plagiarising content but when someone gets marginally close to their own trademarks, they get slammed.