Chinese court upholds copyright-infringement finding in AI model-training case
By MLex Staff ( May 19, 2026, 08:35 GMT | Insight) -- A Shanghai court has upheld a ruling that an individual user infringed copyrights by training and publishing artificial intelligence image-generation models based on a popular Chinese animation character, while clearing the platform operator of liability.A Shanghai court has upheld a ruling that an individual user infringed copyrights by training and publishing artificial intelligence image-generation models based on a popular Chinese animation character, while clearing the platform operator of liability....
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