AI Usage at a Glance
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Jan 1, 2024
OtherPractice documented: Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material. As of mid-2025, the organization has verified roughly 20 small developers spanning image, music, singing voice, and large language model (LLM) categories.
Practice DocumentedView practice →Jan 1, 2024
OtherPractice documented: Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material.
Practice DocumentedView practice →Jan 17, 2024
OtherNew evidence: More ethical AI? Fairly Trained launches to certify gen AI tools trained on licensed data
Evidence AddedView practice →Jan 17, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Fairly Trained launches certification for generative AI models that respect creators' rights
Evidence AddedView practice →Jan 17, 2024
OtherNew evidence: More ethical AI? Fairly Trained launches to certify gen AI tools trained on licensed data
Evidence AddedView practice →Jan 17, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Fairly Trained launches certification for generative AI models that respect creators' rights
Evidence AddedView practice →Jan 19, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Non-profit certifies AI models that license scraped data
Evidence AddedView practice →Jan 19, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Non-profit certifies AI models that license scraped data
Evidence AddedView practice →Mar 20, 2024
OtherNew evidence: The first 'Fairly Trained' AI large language model is here
Evidence AddedView practice →Mar 20, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Announcing our newly certified models (including LLM & speech) and new supporters — Fairly Trained
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 1, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Updating our individual model certification — Fairly Trained
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 2, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Music AI platforms can get a 'Fairly Trained' certification for meeting ethical standards. Those standards just got tougher.
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 2, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Music AI platforms can get a 'Fairly Trained' certification for meeting ethical standards. Those standards just got tougher.
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 5, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Fairly Trained adds more supporters and updates certification
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 26, 2025
OtherNew evidence: Ed Newton-Rex: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025
Evidence AddedView practice →Aug 26, 2025
OtherNew evidence: Ed Newton-Rex: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025
Evidence AddedView practice →Recent activity
Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material.
Applicants submit written documentation of their training data sources, including the types of licenses obtained. Fairly Trained reviews the submission, may ask follow-up questions, and grants certification only when confident in a complete picture of data provenance. The certification is re-evaluated annually, and can be revoked if a company's training data practices change. As of mid-2025, the organization has verified roughly 20 small developers spanning image, music, singing voice, and large language model (LLM) categories.
Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material. As of mid-2025, the organization has verified roughly 20 small developers spanning image, music, singing voice, and large language model (LLM) categories.
Applicants submit written documentation of their training data sources, including the types of licenses obtained; Fairly Trained reviews the submission and may ask follow-up questions before granting certification. The certification covers entire companies, individual products, or individual models within a larger architecture; companies with only partially certified architectures are required to publicly disclose which elements are and are not certified. Certification is re-evaluated annually and can be revoked if a company's training data practices change. Pricing is scaled to organizational revenue, ranging from a $150 submission fee plus $500 annual fee for organizations under $100k revenue, up to higher tiers for larger organizations.
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Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material.
Fairly Trained offers a certification program — called the Licensed Model (L) Certification — that evaluates generative AI companies to verify their AI models were trained exclusively on licensed or openly licensed data, without relying on unlicensed copyrighted material. As of mid-2025, the organization has verified roughly 20 small developers spanning image, music, singing voice, and large language model (LLM) categories.
Cite this record
Trace Foundation. (2026). Fairly Trained: documented AI practices (data as of 2026-08-03) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/company/38dc6ca8-a488-49b1-939f-33b430f3c1be. Accessed September 7, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/company/38dc6ca8-a488-49b1-939f-33b430f3c1be
- Data as of
- August 3, 2026
- Last verified
- April 22, 2026
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