Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training | TechCrunch

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  • Shira Perlmutter, the U
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  • Copyright Office's Register of Copyrights, has been fired
  • The firing comes less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models
  • Musk is a co-founder of both OpenAI and a competing startup
President Donald Trump has fired Shira Perlmutter, who leads the U.S. Copyright Office.The firing was reported by CBS News and Politico, and seemingly confirmed by a statement from Representative J [+2519 chars]

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