California's A.B. 412 is a proposed bill requiring AI developers to track and disclose every copyrighted work used in training datasets. While aiming for transparency, critics argue it imposes an unreasonable burden on small developers, forcing them to allocate resources to compliance rather than innovation. The bill's requirements may be unachievable even for larger companies and could create a chilling effect on new entrants into the AI space. Ultimately, such regulations could lead to further consolidation of power among major tech firms and stifle creativity in the AI industry.
This bill demands that creators of a work help developers to reliably match works in a training set to works in the system... an incredibly onerous requirement.
The risk of lawsuits—potentially from copyright trolls—would discourage new startups from even attempting to enter the field.
If A.B. 412 becomes law, these smaller players will be forced to devote scarce resources to an unworkable compliance regime instead of focusing on development and innovation.
A.B. 412 starts from a premise that's both untrue and harmful to the public interest: that reading, scraping or searching of open web content.
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