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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated

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TechCrunch reports on the legal question of whether training AI models on copyrighted books is allowed. Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the same AI tools that could threaten their livelihoods — and the answer, as the headline suggests, is complicated.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/is-it-legal-to-train-ai...

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