Authors Guild Open Letter to "AI Leaders"

[engine]

This open letter to the leading companies involved in AI pretty much sums up the view of many people concerned about AI and how it's used to train without consent or compensation for the originators. It goes to Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI; Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Meta; Emad Mostaque, CEO, Stability AI; Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM; Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

We ask you, the leaders of AI, to mitigate the damage to our profession by taking the following steps:

1. Obtain permission for use of our copyrighted material in your generative AI programs.

2. Compensate writers fairly for the past and ongoing use of our works in your generative AI programs.

3. Compensate writers fairly for the use of our works in AI output, whether or not the outputs are infringing under current law.

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[phranque]

this issue is central to the entertainment industry strikes that are currently underway by the DGA (Directors Guild of America) the WGA (Writer's Guild of America) and SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)

[tangor]

AI can't improve if new input is not collected. Will be interesting to see how this gets resolved...