What comes next for AI copyright lawsuits?

On the other side, plaintiffs range from individual artists and authors to large companies like Getty and the New York Times. The outcomes of these cases are set to have an enormous impact on the future of AI. In effect, they will decide whether or not model makers can continue ordering up a free lunch. If not, they will need to start paying for such training data via new kinds of licensing deals--or find new ways to train their models. And that's why last week's wins for the technology companies matter. If you drill into the details, the rulings are less cut-and-dried than they seem at first.