While the explosive popularity of mainstream artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT over the past three months may not have been widely anticipated, it was easy to predict that AI would create new issues in intellectual property law. Disruptive new technology has consistently posed challenges to copyright law, from player pianos to VCRs and online streaming. This article will provide an overview of emerging issues at the intersection of AI and copyright law including the copyrightability of AI-generated works, the risks of using copyrighted content to train AI models, and potential risks of using AI generated content in business.

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Broadly speaking, artificial intelligence is the use of science and engineering to make “intelligent” machines that can solve problems and conduct tasks typically associated with human intelligence. Previously well-known advances in AI took place in 1997 when IBM’s Deep Blue beat then world chess champion Garry Kasparov and 2011 when IBM Watson beat the reigning Jeopardy champions.

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