Third Circuit Says AI Training on Copyrighted Works Is Not Fair Use in Landmark Reuters-Backed Ruling
A federal appeals court has delivered a major setback to the legal theory underpinning much of the generative AI industry, ruling that training an artificial intelligence system on copyrighted material does not qualify as fair use in the case brought by Thomson Reuters against Ross Intelligence. The decision strengthens copyright holdersโ leverage in a fast-moving wave of AI litigation and could reverberate across technology, media, and equity markets.
