eloquence, 1 month ago

Creative Commons itself takes the, IMO very reasonable, view that training AI models on copyrighted works constitutes fair use:
https://creativecommons.org/2023/08/18/understanding-cc-licenses-and-generative-ai/

The folks who are calling such training "theft" might regret what they seem to be implicitly asking for, i.e. much stricter copyright. Copyright law won't prevent Microsoft, Google, OpenAI or Adobe from making shady licensing deals, but they'll prevent the free/open community from keeping up.