At least 11,500 creative professionals, including Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore, author James Patterson, and Radiohead musician Thom Yorke, have been accused of using human art to train artificial intelligence without their permission. He signed an open letter calling for a ban.
“Unauthorized use of creative works to train generative AI is a serious and unwarranted threat to the livelihoods of the people behind the work and should not be allowed,” it said. This one line statement says: Read.
As generative AI rapidly proliferates, the lack of federal regulation of it is part of a growing chaos of confusion and criticism over what datasets AI companies use to train their models. This is the cause. In recent years, artists and companies have accused these tech giants and startups of allegedly scraping their work without their knowledge or consent.
Composer and former Stability AI executive Ed Newton Rex said the push for regulation is important for creatives around the world, as legal battles and legislation surrounding unlicensed AI training continue. He said the time had come.
“Many generative AI companies train creators on their work without licensing them,” says Newton Rex, founder of Fairly Trained, a nonprofit that certifies generative AI companies that use consensual training data. says Mr. “This is a huge problem for the many artists, musicians, actors, writers, and other creators whose work is being exploited by AI companies.”
The letter has gathered hundreds more signatories in the hours since it was published on Tuesday.
Among the signatories is actress Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents thousands of Hollywood actors. Dozens of organizations, including major publishers and music labels, also signed the letter.
The potential for generative AI to replace human labor remains a pressing concern for actors, video game performers, and other industry participants.
Publishers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are suing AI companies such as OpenAI and Perplexity AI for copyright infringement. Companies such as Condé Nast and Hearst have instead entered into content agreements with OpenAI, allowing their products, such as ChatGPT and SearchGPT, to display content from their media outlets.
The world’s biggest record labels also joined forces in June to take two prominent AI music production companies to court, claiming they trained their models on decades of copyrighted sound recordings without their consent. did.
The proliferation of accessible AI tools that can generate realistic media, including full songs, music videos, and advertisements, is raising many legal and ethical questions for artists. Many artists have raised concerns about how generative AI technology could undermine human work and compensation, such as by copying celebrity likenesses without their consent.
Earlier this year, Drake removed a diss track from the internet after Tupac Shakur’s estate threatened to sue him for allegedly using the singer’s AI-generated voice in the song. AI-generated ads use portraits of celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Mr. Beast, Scarlett Johansson, and Morgan Freeman to promote a variety of products.
As of now, there is no comprehensive legislation in place to regulate the development of AI in the United States, but several states have begun introducing legislation proposing specific regulations specifically regarding deepfakes. Last month, California passed two bills aimed at protecting actors and other performers from unauthorized use of their digital likenesses.
