Rep. Dean and Rep. Moran Introduce TRAIN Act to Help Creators Track AI Training Data
The TRAIN Act was recently introduced and is currently being reviewed by the House Committee on the Judiciary. It is in the early stages of the legislative process and is considered active. There are no upcoming votes or hearings scheduled at this time.
While it has support from both parties, most bills introduced in Congress never become law because they get stuck in committees.
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AI companies, including smaller startups building generative AI tools, would be legally required to quickly hand over training data records once a subpoena is issued. This creates new compliance costs and legal exposure, especially burdensome for smaller developers without large legal teams, and a failure to comply creates a legal presumption of copyright infringement.
“Upon receipt of a subpoena issued under subsection (e), a developer shall expeditiously disclose to the legal or beneficial owner or authorized person the copies or records requested by the subpoena.”
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
The House companion to the Senate's TRAIN Act was introduced by Rep. Madeleine Dean. The bill would create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their works have been used for training AI models, addressing the 'black box' of AI development.
A bipartisan group of Senators, including Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch, reintroduced the TRAIN Act. The measure proposes adding a new section to the Copyright Act to create a subpoena process for copyright owners to verify if developers used their works to train generative AI models.
The TRAIN Act would establish the first federal statutory definition of 'generative AI models' and grant copyright holders the power to compel disclosure of training materials. Critics argue the 'good faith belief' standard is too low and could lead to legal harassment of AI developers.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
TRAIN Act
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