Request for Comments on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright [Edited by moderator for clarity]

Question

Adobe submitted a public comment to the copyright office arguing that training generative AI on copyrighted content without persmission should be considered fair use. The comment is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24117931-adobe

Adobe continues to promise that it does not use customer work to train its AI. But at best, making these arguments can only mean Adobe will wait until our work is posted somewhere outside of its software to steal it and generate content based on it.

I would like Adobe to explain why it wants to enable tech companies to violate the rights of its customers.

Nancy OShea · Answer

That's not what the document says at all. I suggest you re-read the entire 9 page document (front to back).

Firefly was trained on content that Adobe owns and/or licensed from Stock Contributors. I know this because Stock Contributors received payments above and beyond their usual royalty fees for content that was used to train Firefly.

"Fair Use" plays an important role in the development of every new technology from computer operating systems and PlayStations to microwave ovens and washing machines. Historically, everything that we have today is based in some way on technology that came before it.

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