Trump has fired the director of the US Copyright Office

The Trump administration recently fired Shira Perlmutter, head of the U.S. Copyright Office, alongside Carla Hayden, after a report questioned the use of copyrighted material in training generative AI. The firings followed the release of findings linking copyright law to AI applications, marking part of last year’s analyses. Meanwhile, the administration has been advocating for increased federal AI adoption by developing strategies and naming Chief AI Officers. However, critics, including Rep. Joe Morelle, have criticized the firings as a "brazen power grab" without legal justification, noting the timing after Trump rejected Elon Musk's plan to leverage copyrighted works for AI training.