🚨JOURNALISTS ARE campaigning to save an online institution caught in the crossfire between online publishers and AI developers. Find out why the Wayback Machine is imperilled as humanity's only record of online discourse, plus other key developments.
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A BILL THAT seeks to turn the tables in the transparency battle between rightsholders and AI developers has cleared a crucially important legislative hurdle. The bill change the way lawmakers address transparency protections in jurisdictions globally. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/attempt-to...
🚨A COALITION of creator groups representing more than half a million creative workers has repeated its demand that the UK government adopt its five-point regulatory framework for AI — and “throw us a lifeline”. Full report on the #CreatorsEmergencySummit
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🚨WHAT THE WORLD needs now ... is more people like Ben Zhao. The renowned computer science professor tells me why he's firmly on the side of creators, pioneering AI-defeating tools that protect their artworks from mimicry. #CreatorsEmergencySummit
🚨WHAT THE WORLD needs now ... is more people like Ben Zhao. The renowned computer science professor tells me why he's firmly on the side of creators, pioneering AI-defeating tools that protect their artworks from mimicry. #CreatorsEmergencySummit
🚨DONALD TRUMP has partially delivered on his promise to Big Tech over the use of rightsholders’ content to train AI models without permission or payment. Find out how, and get all the week's news as creatives prepare to take on Big Tech. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
🚨IT WAS THE generative video app that sent shockwaves through Hollywood and further raised the stakes in OpenAI’s gamble on AI and copyright. Last night the ChatGPT owner unexpectedly announced that Sora was being consigned to the scrapheap. Find out why!
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CREATORS’ CHAMPION Baroness Kidron is backing creative industry leaders as they meet to decide their next steps after the UK government’s failure to firmly rule out a future copyright exception in favour of AI developers. Find out how:
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🚨CREATOR GROUPS are set to attend an emergency meeting to decide their next steps after the UK government’s statement on AI and copyright fell short of their demands. The Creators Emergency Summit is being convened by Charting Gen AI and Addleshaw Goddard.
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🚨WHAT A BUNCH of zeros. Might that change next week when the UK government finally explains its stance on AI and copyright? Full story on what we can expect in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe!
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My latest column for TVBEurope asks if gen AI is ready for primetime. Spoiler alert: no, and it never will be.
“Increasingly the most important decision among discerning creative teams will not be where to use generative AI in a project, but whether to use it at all.”
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🚨NEARLY TEN THOUSAND authors have published an empty book to protest against the theft of their copyrighted works by AI companies. Charting Gen AI has the full story plus our comment on why the initiative is so effective. Do subscribe! #DontStealThisBook grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/ten-thousa...
🚨THE UK’S UPPER HOUSE has called on the Keir Starmer administration to follow Australia’s lead in ruling out a new copyright exception that would allow hi-techs to train their AI models on rightsholders’ works without consent or compensation. Full story and the week's developments: Charting Gen AI
Thank you Greg!
Thank you Greg!
Really excellent interview with tech journalist Graham Lovelace about the current situation regarding copyright law and generative AI’s illegal scraping of published books — posted by @alcs.co.uk www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-ai-...
🚨MICROSOFT DELETED a blog post that encouraged developers to use pirated copies of Harry Potter books to generate “new AI-driven” fan fiction “sure to delight Potterheads”. The incident exposes the attitude towards copyright within Microsoft’s culture. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/microsoft-...
🚨CHINESE TECH giant ByteDance parked its tanks on the Hollywood skyline this week. We comment on why it’s wrong to frame its intellectual property violation as ‘America good, China bad’ in Charting Gen AI's jam-packed Weekly Newsletter: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/why-its-wr...
🚨CHINESE TECH giant ByteDance parked its tanks on the Hollywood skyline this week. We comment on why it’s wrong to frame its intellectual property violation as ‘America good, China bad’ in Charting Gen AI's jam-packed Weekly Newsletter: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/why-its-wr...
Strangely enough I am writing about this right now!
🚨NETFLIX’S DECISION to use generative AI to disguise interviewees in a highly sensitive documentary has prompted a call for a TV industry debate on the use of the technology. Charting Gen AI has the full story and all the week's main stories. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/netflixs-u...
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
"This proves what many have long suspected — that even the CEOs of the largest AI companies know their mass exploitation of copyrighted works is unfair and unsustainable.” @ednewtonrex.bsky.social
🚨ANTHROPIC CEO Dario Amodei once supported the idea that publishers and creators should be paid when their works are used to train AI models, according to an unsealed court document unearthed by Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social. That, and more here: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
🚨THE UK’S DATA watchdog has been accused of dragging its heels in launching an investigation into the Grok sexualised deepfake scandal. Full story and what we think UK tech secretary Liz Kendall should do now: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/online-saf...
🚨ONLINE PUBLISHERS are inching closer to victory in their battle to control how Google scrapes their content for its generative search products. Find out how, and catch up with the week's main stories in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/publishers...
🚨A COALITION of creator groups is today calling on the UK government to implement immediate measures aimed at protecting the nation’s creative sector, or risk losing it. Charting Gen AI has the full story and comment. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creator-gr...
🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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