Comments from creative interests have told the FTC such use of their work for training AI models is “theft, not fair use,” and the FTC has raised about both copyright and unfair competition arising from the use of original artists’ work.[22]  That said, the issue is sufficiently uncertain that rights holders are also hedging their bets, e.g., advocating changes to the Copyright Act, on the assumption that existing law is insufficiently clear on the point.[23]… [read post]