Contact Congress about S. 2455: TRAIN Act

Copyright owners could ask a federal court for records about whether their work trained an AI model. AI developers would have to respond if the subpoena is valid. The bill does not decide whether AI training breaks copyright law.

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TRAIN Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action on S. 2455: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects copyright owners and AI developers. Creators, publishers, and rights holders could get a new tool to check whether their work trained an AI model. Developers of generative AI models could face new recordkeeping and response duties. Courts would also handle these subpoena requests through existing document-subpoena rules where possible.

Why this matters: Many creators cannot easily tell whether their work was used to train an AI model. This bill would give them a legal way to ask developers for that information. It could make AI training practices more visible. It could also add new costs and legal risk for developers that use very large datasets. The bill leaves the main copyright question unresolved: whether using copyrighted works to train AI is allowed.

Key provisions in S. 2455

• The bill adds a new AI subpoena rule to U.S. copyright law. It would become section 514 in chapter 5 of title 17 of the United States Code.
• The bill covers generative AI models that make synthetic content. That includes images, video, audio, and text, plus later versions of those models made by third parties.
• The bill applies to developers of generative AI models. A developer can be a person or a state or local agency that designs, owns, or heavily changes a model and helps choose or use training datasets. Noncommercial end users are not covered.
• Copyright owners could request subpoenas only for their own works. Authorized agents could also request them, but not for works owned by someone else.
• The requester must file a proposed subpoena and a sworn statement. The statement must say they have a good faith belief their works were used and explain the limited reason they want the information.

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Questions people ask about S. 2455

What is S. 2455?

Copyright owners could ask a federal court for records about whether their work trained an AI model. AI developers would have to respond if the subpoena is valid. The bill does not decide whether AI training breaks copyright law.

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