The Graphic Artists Guild Endorses California Bill AB-412, “Copyrighted Materials Used for Artificial Intelligence Training”
The Graphic Artists Guild has endorsed the California bill AB-412, introduced by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan. The legislation seeks to increase transparency around the use of copyrighted materials to train generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). It requires model developers to provide copyright owners a means by which they could be informed on whether and how their copyrighted works were used for training. The bill also authorizes copyright holders to bring a civil action against developers who fail to respond to a duly submitted request. In our letter to CA Senate Judiciary Chair, the Guild wrote: “...
11 July, 2025
