MIT economist argues AI data disputes aren't a Napster moment

MIT economist Martin Beraja argues that AI firms training on unowned web content follows a long historical pattern of "use first, negotiate later," rejecting the "Napster moment" framing of the NYT v. OpenAI case.

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