Generative AI Solution for Businesses

Developing AI models, whether you are training large language models (LLMs), fine-tuning existing systems, or building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications, requires access to high quality, published content as well as the permissions to use it.

Secure the permissions to use content for training AI models with a CLA solution tailored to your needs.

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CLA’s new Generative AI Solution is for organisations developing AI models that rely on published text-based content.

Whether you’re building foundational models, fine-tuning for specific domains, or integrating generative AI into internal tools, this solution helps you:

  • Access high-quality published content from trusted sources
  • Ensure your use of content is ethical, legal, and compliant
  • Tailor permissions to your specific use case — from large-scale training to targeted fine-tuning
  • Mitigate legal risk with a clear framework and CLA-backed indemnity against third-party infringement claims

Supporting

Organisations are using generative AI in increasingly diverse and sophisticated ways, from training large-scale models to fine-tuning for specialist outputs, or integrating AI into internal systems.

CLA’s Generative AI Solution is designed to support these varied approaches by providing access to high-quality published content under a clear, compliant framework.

Model Training

  • Large tech firms and AI labs experimenting with foundational models.
  • Teams working retrospectively with large volumes of published content.

Fine-Tuning

  • Enterprise organisations in regulated sectors like healthcare, law, finance, and education.
  • AI-native companies adapting base models for specialist outputs.

RAG

  • Organisations embedding generative AI into internal tools and workflows.
  • Use cases requiring current, domain-specific content, such as journals, magazines, and specialist publications.

Why work with CLA?

CLA has a long-standing history of developing licensing solutions that evolve with the way organisations use published content. From the early days of photocopying and scanning to today’s digital and AI-powered environments, we’ve consistently supported innovation while safeguarding rightsholder and creators’ rights.

Our Generative AI Solution continues this tradition by offering a future-ready framework that enables responsible, scalable use of published content in AI development.

  • Partner with a trusted licensing authority: CLA is the UK’s recognised Collective Management Organisation (CMO) for published text, regulated by the IPO.
  • Access content from leading publishers: Including high-quality, domain-specific sources across sectors.
  • Choose flexible licensing options: Tailored to your use case, whether for training, fine-tuning, or RAG.
  • Supports responsible innovation: Enable ethical AI development with a clear, compliant framework.
  • Benefit from CLA’s infrastructure: Scalable, secure, and designed to meet the needs of modern content use.

Further information

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For Rightsholders

If you are a rightsholder and would like to find out more about how you could benefit from this licence.