Published August 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
TechCrunch
Aug 24, 2026, 6:00 AM
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right?
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