Google’s announcement comes amid growing concerns over copyright issues that are linked to the use of generative AI.
Google Google is making it its business to legally protect users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems within its cloud and workspace platforms. This happens when they are ever accused of copyright infringement. the announcement reads In part:
“If you are challenged on copyright grounds, we will take responsibility for the potential legal risks involved.”
With this move, the tech giant joins other top firms like Adobe, Microsoft and many others that have made similar commitments recently.
Google addresses customer concerns over copyright issues
Google’s announcement comes amid growing concerns over copyright issues that are linked to the use of generative AI. The company assures legal protection to customers who use its products, which are integrated with generative AI capabilities. It outlines seven products that will be covered under the said protection.
Named products include; Duet AI in Google Cloud, Duet AI in Workspaces, Vertex AI Conversations, Vertex AI Search, Kodi API, Vertex AI Text Embedding API, and Visual Captioning on Vertex AI. However, interestingly, Google’s Bard search tool did not make the list.
Meanwhile, Google also lauded its initiative as a first-of-its-kind approach to intellectual property compensation. The firm states that its security will cover not only the results generated from its foundational models but also the training data. This means that Google will take responsibility if legal action is taken against a user for using training data that contains copyrighted material.
Similarly, Google confirms that it will protect users who face legal action as a result of results obtained from using its Foundation model. For clarity, this may include scenarios where users generate content that closely resembles previously published works.
According to the company, the move is to help users who may face infringement issues with their content without any intention.
It’s worth noting that, like Google, many other companies are starting to take legal responsibility for their customers. For example, Microsoft recently assured users of its Copilot products that it would be legally responsible for them.
Adobe also joined in when it announced its commitment to security for enterprise customers firefly, The firm vowed to protect them from copyright, privacy and publicity rights claims.
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