Two judges ruled that tech companies engaged in "fair use" while training their AI models with copyrighted books without consent. The decision came from lawsuits filed by authors against companies like Anthropic and Meta. They argued that this training was transformative, creating a product that does not directly compete with the original works. The rulings, viewed as victories for tech firms, raised concerns among authors and publishers about the implications for their revenue and market share, though the rulings were specific to their cases and did not establish a broad precedent.
Both judges decided that the tech companies were engaged in "fair use" when they trained their models with authors' books, stating that the use was "transformative".
Authors expressed concern that AI technology could summarize their work and produce competing content, potentially impacting the market for their books.
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