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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion enable lecturers, researchers and students to generate texts and images for a variety of purposes. However, the use of these tools in a university environment raises complex questions about copyright. For example: can someone own copyright in AI-generated output and if so, who? And is copyright infringed when the training data used to generate this output contains copyrighted material? At the moment, it is difficult to give clear or definitive answers to these questions. Some general copyright information and guidelines are provided at EDU Support (University of Groningen) for...

This is usually not permitted in public generative AI tools. Publishers and copyright holders impose conditions on the use of their material, and many AI tools do not comply with these conditions. An increasing number of content providers (suppliers of databases, e-books and e-journals) are including an AI clause that prohibits the use of their material in AI systems. Some AI tools claim that imported content is (partly) transferred to the system, which may violate copyright law. The Easy Access Agreement does not permit the uploading of copyright-protected material into generative AI tools. Students and staff may only enter their...