I think you've missed a couple of key points in this discussion.
One is that companies might move training to other countries that do not have stringent restrictions (Japan and others), to get around the legislation.
Second, I see tech leaders simply appealing to the Trump administration (which has demonstrated it's willing to ignore inconvenience laws and rulings) for a reprieve. Laws are only meaningful when enforceable, and in this climate I'm not sure this will hold for AI model training.
I think the international implication would depend on the courts' reasoning. If the courts decide that the issue is only the intermediate copying that occurs during training, then it's possible training could continue overseas. On the other hand, courts could hold that models are derivatives of their training data, and that it's copyright infringement when a model regurgitates copyrighted work. In that case companies might be in trouble regardless of where training occurs.
Even in the former case, it would still be a big deal because AI companies are hard at work building big data centers that they would be unable to use for training.
Your point about Trump is wrong. Copyright law is mainly enforced through lawsuits filed by copyright holders. The executive branch has little to no role in these lawsuits, and I doubt Trump could protect defendants from them even if he wanted to.
I think you've missed a couple of key points in this discussion.
One is that companies might move training to other countries that do not have stringent restrictions (Japan and others), to get around the legislation.
Second, I see tech leaders simply appealing to the Trump administration (which has demonstrated it's willing to ignore inconvenience laws and rulings) for a reprieve. Laws are only meaningful when enforceable, and in this climate I'm not sure this will hold for AI model training.
Hi Assaph!
I think the international implication would depend on the courts' reasoning. If the courts decide that the issue is only the intermediate copying that occurs during training, then it's possible training could continue overseas. On the other hand, courts could hold that models are derivatives of their training data, and that it's copyright infringement when a model regurgitates copyrighted work. In that case companies might be in trouble regardless of where training occurs.
Even in the former case, it would still be a big deal because AI companies are hard at work building big data centers that they would be unable to use for training.
Your point about Trump is wrong. Copyright law is mainly enforced through lawsuits filed by copyright holders. The executive branch has little to no role in these lawsuits, and I doubt Trump could protect defendants from them even if he wanted to.