The AI boom is built on ripoffs. Is it legal?

AI-generated art is disrupting lawmakers’ understanding of who a true copyright holder is; is it the human who prompted it? The company behind the generator? Or the artists who are part of the data set the generators use? Senior policy editor, Adi Robertson, explores the recent lawsuits between concerned creators and the U.S. copyright office. Presented by SAP. #AI #Technology Read more: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Artists’ copyright protections 1:36 Training AI Data sets 4:43 What’s Fair Use and Copyright 6:15 Movie analogy 7:27 “No humans involved” copyright issue 9:23 Jason Allen’s AI art 10:13 What can AI artists actually get copyright for? The Verge’s sponsors play an important role in funding our journalism, but do not influence editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit Subscribe: Like The Verge on Facebook: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: The Vergecast Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel: More about our podcasts: Read More: Community guidelines: Wallpapers from The Verge: Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Wednesday and Friday: