{"id":105399,"date":"2025-07-24T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=105399"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:38:02","slug":"u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-stop-ai-stealing-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-stop-ai-stealing-art\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. senators introduce new bill to stop AI “stealing” art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Two US senators have introduced a new bill aimed at protecting creators and their work from being used by AI companies without permission.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have put forward a bipartisan proposal called The AI Accountability And Personal Data Protection Act. The bill is designed to define the obligations of AI companies, forcing them to get consent before using copyrighted material or personal data for training their models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move could be a game-changer for musicians, artists, and writers who have seen their work ingested by AI systems without permission or payment. It comes after a Senate hearing last week in which Hawley accused AI developers of engaging in “the largest intellectual property theft in American history”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed law aims to “bar AI companies from stealing and training on copyright works” and “safeguard individuals’ copyrighted materials from being used in AI training or AI-generated content without permission”. Senator Hawley framed the bill as a necessary defense for American creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawley stated: “AI companies are robbing the American people blind while leaving artists, writers and other creators with zero recourse. It\u2019s time for Congress to give the American worker their day in court to protect their personal data and creative works.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleaning up the confusion over “Fair Use”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is currently a battle taking place in the U.S. courts between AI and copyright, over the legal concept of ‘fair use’. Creators and rightsholders argue that AI companies must get a license to use their work in training AI models. However, AI firms defend their actions stating that their models are trained on publicly available data and therefore constitute fair use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first U.S. court decision on AI fair use is not good<\/a><\/blockquote>