AI-powered coding agents are the wave of the future, and it is likely they will play a large role in software development in the coming years. However, if developers do not use caution when using these tools to write code, they may violate copyright or licenses and subject their employers to lawsuits.

Panitch Schwarze attorney Jeffrey W. Gluck, Ph.D. spoke with CIO, a publication focused on IT leadership, about the legal risks of AI coding agents. Gluck noted that media outlets and entertainers have already filed AI copyright cases, potentially paving the way for software coders. “Does the output infringe something that someone else has done?” he said. “The more likely the AI was trained using an author’s work as training data, the more likely it is that the output is going to look like that data.”

Gluck highlighted the looming legal question of whether vendors can train their AI models with copyright-protected material. “At the level of the large language model, you already have a copyright issue that has not yet been resolved,” he said.

Large AI vendors may be among the biggest targets for IP infringement lawsuits. As coding technology evolves, it is important for those in the coding industry to pay close attention to the changing legal landscape.

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