I think it's the opposite. There are of course companies that are being more conservative than others. And there are companies that are going to be more success

I think it's the opposite. There are of course companies that are being more conservative than others. And there are companies that are going to be more successful than others using this stuff. Because those companies may end up with an edge over those other companies. It's that simple. You can hope for courts to put a stop to that but you'd be a fool to expect them to lift a finger any time soon. And can you afford them taking a different decision? Probably Apple is right in not being overly worried about losing an edge here short term. But that would be because they are quite comfortably leading way ahead of the pack. They can adjust as needed and cost is not a factor when you ship products with such fat margins as they do. In other words, they can afford to be conservative here and see how things play out and adjust later. A few thousand people in their team being inconvenienced by having to do things manually without AI assistance doesn't really add up to a whole lot of cost for them. That's not true for a lot of companies. Other companies might have to make different choices in order to stay relevant. In the end it's a choice between artificial intelligence or self-imposed stupidity. Not making proper use of resources available as a company can be a fatal mistake. And things like chat gpt are here right now and usable for anyone who cares to use it. And with some clear added value. As for the legalities. I wouldn't get my hopes up for judges to apply interpretations of copyright law that are inconsistent with the past ones. Copyright is not going anywhere. And forget about politicians adding much to the law that is going to matter any time soon. It boils down to concepts like fair use, people actually starting court cases, etc. Lots of people talking about that but not a lot with the deep pockets to follow that through. Not a lot of coherent lobby activity on this front to make politicians move. Lots of companies with deep pockets and a vested interest in this stuff and a lot of lobbying power to ensure the gravy train doesn't grind to a halt. Apple will eventually integrate AI into their business. It might not be the MS/OpenAI flavour. Or the Google one. Why would they want to depend on that? It's going to be a business decision for them.