Posted an AI-Made Video on Social Media? You Could Face a Lawsuit Worth Tens of Thousands of Shekels

Posted an AI-generated video on TikTok? You may be liable to pay tens of thousands of shekels for copyright infringement. A draft precedent-setting legal opinion being prepared in the Office of the Attorney General warns that publishing AI images, videos, or other creations can amount to copyright infringement, especially if the outputs resemble protected works on which the models were trained. Although the opinion is intended for use by government bodies, its legal conclusions are relevant to all users of AI models. "AI tools are here to stay and their use is broad, but it is important to ensure copyright protection and to use them wisely," said Attorney Carmit Yulis, the deputy attorney general for civil law, when presenting the draft opinion at a conference held Monday at Tel Aviv University. "The opinion is aimed at state employees who want to use generative artificial intelligence, but we are learning that the market wants to hold on to a legal document that will serve as a guide in this field."