We treat them as models. We allowed them to be fitted on copyrighted data, arguing the research is an inherent public good. But now that these companies are dir

We treat them as models. We allowed them to be fitted on copyrighted data, arguing the research is an inherent public good. But now that these companies are directly competing with that material's copyright holders, it makes sense to reevaluate that assumption. A good first step would be to mandate AI labs share their weights and methodology before commercial release or lose that privilege. This would spare universities and non-profits, while requiring commercial labs to contribute something back, be it in licensing fees or usable research.