<ul><li>Comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI alleging pirated versions of their works were used without permission to train AI language models.</li><li>US federal district judge Vince Chhabria criticized Meta's fair use argument, stating that it may be obliterating the market for the original content creators without compensation.</li><li>Fair use doctrine permits the use of copyrighted material without explicit permission for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research under US copyright law.</li><li>Judge Chhabria expressed skepticism towards Meta's argument of transformative use, highlighting the potential negative impact on the market of copyrighted works due to the use by AI systems.</li></ul>

US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work'

US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work'

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