Kristian Stout Quoted on AI Copyright Lawsuit and Ethical Use of Creative Works
Kristian Stout, ICLE Director of Innovation Policy, was quoted in a Defector article about the legal and ethical implications of Anthropic using pirated books to train its AI models and its $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors. Read the full article here.
“The lesson for A.I. developers is clear,” Kristian Stout, director of innovation policy at the International Center for Law and Economics told The New York Times. “Respect copyright in how data sets are acquired, and follow the example Anthropic itself has now committed to.” That example—which Anthropic is now setting only because a court ordered it—is purchasing the books they want to use to train their AI. The example they are setting is … following the laws of the country in which they practice business.