Get the latest gossip
Artists Urge Action on AI, but Congress Is Slow to Respond
Hollywood unions and artists' groups are seeking regulations on AI deepfakes and copyright concerns, but Congress is still getting its arms around AI.
Some advocates envision a licensing system like ASCAP or BMI, in which AI companies would pay royalties to train on copyrighted work, with artists having the ability to opt out. “Our interest is in making sure individual creators are being paid for the ingestion of their content into AI platforms, for which they are not currently remunerated despite the fact that their souls are being stolen,” says James Silverberg, CEO of the American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, which distributes royalties to illustrators and photographers. “We need to make sure we’re maintaining a log of copyrighted material being used to create these systems,” Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the author of the bill, tells Variety.
Or read this on Variety