Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work — but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger the open web.
In an amicus brief filed Friday, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia weighed in on a set of lawsuits pitting publishers including The New York Timesagainst OpenAI and Microsoft, taking neither side. “Wikimedia is concerned that the parties’ positions in this case push for overbroad and simplified applications of the fair use doctrine” around AI, the organization says in its legal filing. A nuance-free victory for publishers, it fears, could let copyright holders “gatekeep” even innovative and transformative uses of their work. On the other hand, a victory for AI companies could constitute...
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