Large Language Models (LLMs)

Here’s What Happened: We know that courts are grappling with whether training of large language models (LLMs) results in copyright infringement. But what about patents? Recentive Analytics Inc. obtained patents for two types of machine learning models in the entertainment industry. The patents involve a method of scheduling live events and refining “network maps” for […]

Here’s What Happened: Another court has weighed in on whether copyrighted works can be used to train AI. In our last post, we discussed how a court ruled that Anthropic PBC’s use of works it had purchased to train AI was fair use. But use of pirated works was not fair use. Like Antrhopic, Meta […]

Here’s What Happened: Anthropic PBC wanted to create an AI assistant named “Claude” to compete with other chatbots like ChatGPT. Anthropic wanted Claude to be a step above other chatbots by basing its training on well curated facts, well organized analyses and captivating fictional narratives. Like other chatbots, Anthropic had to find works for training […]