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Home/AI Incident Database/Thomson Reuters wins the first US ruling that copying headnotes to train an AI legal tool was not fair use

Thomson Reuters wins the first US ruling that copying headnotes to train an AI legal tool was not fair use

The first merits decision on AI training data went against the AI company: copying Westlaw's editorial headnotes to build Ross's search tool was infringing, not transformative.

Under reviewSeverity: Mediumthomson reuters v rossfair useheadnotes

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