Law and Technology

The primary argument made in the lawsuit brought by the authors, in turn, centers on the alleged illegal use of copyrighted material for the training of the AI models, Pamela Samuelson, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Law School who specializes in the overlap between technology and copyright, told ABC News.

Pamela Samuelson, a UC Berkeley professor and expert in generative AI and copyright law discusses “algorithmic destruction” as it pertains to issues highlighted in lawsuits like those filed against OpenAI and Meta. 

Chris Hoofnagle, faculty director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Professor of Law in Residence at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law discusses Berkeley Law’s policy and use of generative AI in the classroom.