Many, if not most, generative AI tech vendors argue that fair use entitles them to train AI models on copyrighted material scraped from the internet -- even if they don't get permission from the ...

OpenAI, the generative artificial intelligence startup backed by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), has agreed to pay publishing company Axel Springer to use the media company's content to train its AI models.

OpenAI and German media giant Axel Springer have signed a first-of-its-kind deal that would see the AI developer pay to license content from the latter’s news sites. The deal, announced on Wednesday, ...