Copyright
Also known as: IP · intellectual property
Copyright protects creative works (text, code, art). It’s central to AI in two places:
- Training: was it legal/fair to train on copyrighted material? (actively litigated)
- Output: did the model reproduce a copyrighted passage verbatim?
The practical line: verbatim reproduction of substantial copyrighted text is the risk to watch. Summarizing, transforming, or citing is generally safer. When in doubt, get a lawyer's view.