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Authors' early US court losses on AI fair use don’t mean gloom for news outlets

By Emma Whitford ( July 2, 2025, 20:58 GMT | Comment) -- As artificial intelligence companies begin to notch wins in closely watched US copyright cases brought by book authors, several news outlets — which are trying to prove that chatbots train on their unlicensed reporting and spit out unfair competing content — still have the wind at their backs. While two recent court decision differ in their emphasis, neither undercuts this argument. One can even be read as a roadmap for news outlets to succeed.  As artificial intelligence companies begin to notch wins in closely-watched US copyright cases brought by book authors, several news outlets — which are trying to prove that chatbots train on their unlicensed reporting and spit out unfair competing content — still have the wind at their backs....

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