With at least 39 active lawsuits targeting AI developers for using copyrighted materials in model training, America’s leadership in AI is under threat. To the second point, AI model training and the functions of generative AI models are examples of building technical processes that simulate learning and iterative development. Clarifying that AI model training constitutes fair use and accelerating the development of opt-out standards would advance the foundational goals of copyright: incentivizing inventorship, promoting progress in science and the useful arts, and supporting the public through access to information.