Fraud Intelligence quotes Nick White on IP fraud and AI
Artificial intelligence is nothing without the data it needs to ‘learn’, which surely belongs to someone, or rather to many. Those owners, waking up to the risk that their intellectual property is being scraped for free by AI model developers, are starting to assert their rights.
Fraud Intelligence considers the challenges confronting both legislators and litigants and Nick White, Partner, shares some thoughts:
How big of a problem is IP fraud perpetrated by generative AI?
GenAI is a tool that can assist hugely in the creation of content, as well as in a huge array of business operations. It will be used by fraudsters as well as by us law-abiding citizens. I actually think the greater fraud risk at present is from the use of AI in deepfake technology: to deceive, and commit fraud, by imitating people.
Of the various pieces of legislation being brought in to tackle this issue as part if wider AI regulation at UK/EU level, which do you think are (likely to be) particularly effective? If so, which ones and why/why not?
The regulators are currently much more focused on problems such as bias and AI safety rather than IP infringement. Doubtless, the legal landscape regarding IP will evolve. In the area of IP, I expect questions around whether an AI system itself can be named as the inventor of a patent, or indeed the creator of a copyright work, are likely to continue to occupy lawmakers.
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