India proposes charging OpenAI, Google for training AI on copyrighted content
AlphabetAlphabet(US:GOOG) TechCrunch·2025-12-09 16:09

India has proposed a mandatory royalty system for AI companies that train their models on copyrighted content — a move that could reshape how OpenAI and Google operate in what has already become one of their most important and fastest-growing markets globally.On Tuesday, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a proposed framework that would give AI companies access to all copyrighted works for training in exchange for paying royalties to a new collecting body composed of ri ...