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Copyright v. Generative AI: New developments

Modern generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Sora, Midjourney, Github Copilot, and Claude, raise many complex questions under copyright law. In this workshop, copyright advisor Stephen Wolfson will explore two important developments in this space.

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March 12, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Class of 1955 Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Floor 2
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A copyright character is boxing a robot character

In this talk, copyright advisor Stephen Wolfson will dig into the newly published study from the United States Copyright Office on the copyrightability of generative AI outputs. Then he will discuss a recent case involving the legal research database, Westlaw, and whether training an AI tool on copyrighted works constitutes fair use.

 

Featured image generated by Stephen Wolfson using Google Gemini.

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