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Microsoft, OpenAI argue training on authors' works is fair use, seek denial of US copyright claims over chatbot

By Xu Yuan
  • 20 Feb 2024 20:28
  • 20 Feb 2024 20:28
OpenAI and its investor, Microsoft, told a US federal court they should be allowed to use copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence-supported applications on the basis of fair use in denying allegations by authors such as Jonathan Franzen and George R. R. Martin.

Microsoft and OpenAI filed separate answers to the co

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Xu Yuan

Senior Correspondent


Xu Yuan has worked for MLex for seven years, all of them based in Hong Kong. She has reported on a wide range of regulatory topics, including antitrust, cybersecurity and data security, in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has broken numerous stories on policymaking and enforcement involving international companies doing business in the region and done substantial court reporting in Hong Kong. She is currently specializing in covering regulatory issues related to future mobility, including connected vehicles. She previously worked for US TV network NBC in Beijing. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Peking University and a master’s degree from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong.

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