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Donald Trump Says AI Companies Can’t Be Expected To Pay For All Copyrighted Content Used In Their Training Models: “Not Do-Able”

By Ted Johnson, Tom Tapp
July 23, 2025 3:40pm

Donald Trump said that AI companies can’t be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems, amid a fierce debate over the use of intellectual property in training models.

Speaking at the AI Summit on Wednesday, Trump said: “You can’t be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or whatever you’ve studied you’re expected to pay for. We appreciate that, but you just can’t do that because it’s not do-able. And if you’re going to try and do that, you’re not going to have a successful program.”

Trump called for what he characterized as “common sense artificial and intellectual property rules,” saying that the U.S. can’t afford to fall behind China, which does not have strong IP protections.

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His speech was to mark the White House’s release of an AI Action Plan that prioritizes building out the country’s AI capabilities, including data centers and other support, while removing regulatory barriers.

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Read more: https://deadline.com/2025/07/trump-ai-action-plan-copyright-1236466617/