Innovation versus protection: How AI poses unique copyright challenges

Legislators and courts around the world are scrambling to apply and update copyright protection laws to face the threat posed by artificial intelligence (AI). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Switzerland’s parliament is debating a law that would shield the nation’s newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and other media companies from AI data harvesting. Lawmakers are trying to balance the need to protect existing copyright with the potential to build new digital systems that can bring benefits to society. Many other countries are grappling with the same conundrum and are exploring a patchwork of solutions. This is being monitored by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The United Nations agency acts as a forum for 194 member states to find consensus on intellectual property rules. + Switzerland considers AI data 'theft' defences WIPO says it “serves the world's innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to ...