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The Economic Importance of Fair Use for the Development of Generative Artificial Intelligence

PublishedJune 10, 2025
Written By
  • Arun Sundararajan
  • Christopher Sprigman
  • Cameron Miller
The authors acknowledge funding for this paper from the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

The transformative economic impact of generative AI is likely measured in the trillions of dollars over the coming decades. However, the productivity gains from AI adoption and improvement depend on fair use protections for the firms training the models and providing AI tools. In the absence of fair use protections, the U.S. will lose out on technological leadership across numerous fronts to foreign rivals. Alternatives to fair use would expose developers to billions of dollars in potential liability, massively reducing AI model training in the U.S.

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