27 Feb 2025

Tech: How generative AI works with copyright law

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 27 February 2025
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Professor Alex Sims looks at how generative AI models create images and whether generated images infringe copyright.

Also are generated images covered by copyright themselves?

Alex looks at how New Zealand's copyright law stacks up against similar jurisdictions.

Alex Sims is a Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School and an expert on blockchain technology, copyright law and consumer law.