[ChicagoDave]

He said ChatGPT so LLM created. “Fair use” may be the current legal defense, but who knows if or what Congress will do. The lobbying power is definitely in the LLM owners and not copyright holders or creatives.

But there’s a non-zero chance LLMs won’t face a class action lawsuit.

[pwillia7]

What about open source LLM?

[ChicagoDave]

Can open source software use copyright material without permission?

Any copyright holder that can prove their material is a part of the training data could have the model taken down.

But again this will all hinge on the court’s definition of “fair use”.