How to handle the ‘wild west’ of generative AI: part I

As generative artificial intelligence (GAI) pervades the public zeitgeist, calls for clarity in the US intellectual property regime have intensified.

On July 12, 2023, the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property convened a hearing to address the major copyright implications of GAI technology. Participants ranged from artists to GAI leaders and policy experts, and all shared a (purported) concern for the preservation of artists’ legal rights amid the explosion of GAI capabilities.

In particular, the parties expressed a need for: