The Secret Weapon Against AI Dominance
The future of creative labor will turn on whether AI-generated work can be copyrighted.
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IdeasThe Secret Weapon Against AI DominanceThe future of creative labor will turn on whether AI-generated work can be copyrighted.By Jacob Noti-Victor and Xiyin TangIllustration by The AtlanticApril 30, 2026, 7:58 AM ET ShareSave More than 90 lawsuits have been filed by creators against AI companies for copyright infringement. Authors, musicians, visual artists, and news publishers have all accused firms such as OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic of using their copyrighted works to train AI models without permission. (The Atlantic is involved in one such lawsuit, against the AI firm Cohere.) These cases are frequently framed as the defining fight over the future of creative labor and the entertainment industry as a whole.
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