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Gen AI and Copyright

Explore the ethical concerns before you consider using Gen AI for academic purposes. 

Inputs from AI tools

Many Gen AI tools were trained on copyrighted material without the copyright owner's permission. There are several lawsuits due to creators stating that AI tools violate copyright infringement.

Outputs by AI tools

There have not been definitive legal rulings around copyright ownership of Generative AI in Canada. This means that creators/AI users may be unable to claim copyright protection for the work created using AI tools.