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For large-scale usage, it doesn't matter what the devs want. If the lawyers show up and say "We can't use this technology because we're probably going to get su

For large-scale usage, it doesn't matter what the devs want. If the lawyers show up and say "We can't use this technology because we're probably going to get sued for copyright infringement", it's dead in the water. It's a logical "feature" for them to offer this "shield" as it significantly mitigates one of the large legal concerns to date. It doesn't make the risks fully go away, but if someone else is going to step up and cover the costs, then it could be worthwhile. For large enterprises, IP is a big deal, probably the single biggest concern. They'll spend years and billions of dollars attempting to protect it, cough sco/oracle cough, right or wrong.

zoogeny 3y ago
To add to this, indemnification of this type is pretty standard in sensitive fields. One example I recall was closed captioning providers. If they caption some content incorrectly in a way that exposes their customers to legal action they guarantee that they will take the blame and they have insurance specifically to handle any settlements based on legal actions. I would expect this is a critical piece for medium to large enterprises that want to adopt LLMs. There are organizations for which this kind of indemnification isn't a nice to have, it is a requirement before even considering a product.