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This bill, known as the TRAIN Act (Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act), establishes a new administrative subpoena process to help copyright owners discover if their copyrighted works have been used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. Specifically, it allows the legal or beneficial owner of a copyright, or their authorized representative, to request a subpoena from a U.S. district court clerk. This subpoena would compel a "developer" – defined as a person or government agency that designs, owns, or significantly modifies a generative AI model and is involved in curating or using its training data – to disclose copies or records of copyrighted works that were likely used to train that model. The request must be made in good faith, with the copyright owner believing their work was used, and the information obtained can only be used to protect their rights. The bill also outlines the contents of the request and subpoena, specifies the developer's duty to disclose, and includes provisions for confidentiality, enforcement, and sanctions for bad-faith subpoena requests.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7209/all-info