RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing

In the wake of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the AI industry is coming to terms with its training data problem. There are as many as 40 other pending cases that seek damages for unlicensed data — including one that takes Midjourney to court for creating images of Superman.

Without some kind of licensing system, AI companies could face an avalanche of copyright lawsuits…