On one Artificial intelligence meeting in Paris last monthDeputy President JD Vance beat the European Union for what he called “excessive regulation” on the development of artificial intelligence and added that such regulation will prevent innovation in the technology industry.
His comments were music to the ears of technical giants like Google and Ouenathat last week presented formal suggestions for the White House Office for Science and Technology (OSTP) regarding the United States AI Action plan. Their proposal, mainly: regulation? Who needs it?
Specifically, both companies included sections of their proposals regarding copyright and claimed that in the case of copyright laws, the government should apply the doctrine for fair use to AI. Ouena Doing so is “not just a matter of American competitiveness – it’s about national security.” Google said it is “important to speed up AI in science.”
The translation of Google and Openai’s serious proclamations is that AI companies should have exceptions to copyright laws, which would allow them to train AI models without seeking permission or compensate for rights holders. That concept has not sitting well with Hollywood, which depends on its copyright and protects its intangible property.
In an open letter sent to the White House OstP, over 400 directors, writers, actors, musicians, professionals under the line and more their own proposal and asked that copyright should be maintained in terms of AI and that technology companies are not granted exceptions.
“We are convinced that US global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries,” the letter states. “America’s Arts and Entertainment Industry supports more than $ 2.3 million with over $ 229 billion in salary annually, while the basis for American democratic influence and soft power abroad. But AI companies are asking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by weakening copyright protection for films, television series, artwork, writing, music and voices used to train AI models at the heart of companies’ values with several billion dollars. “
Among the signatories to the letter is: Guillermo del Toro, Natasha Lyonne, Paul McCartney, Cynthia Erivo, Cate Blanchett, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cord Jefferson, Bette Midler Edebiri, Joseph Gordon-Leve, Brita, Britstone, Samtes, Sammen, Britstone, Sammen, Britstone. Johnson, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Gylenhall, Alfonso Cuaron, Olivia Wilde, Judd Apatow, Kim Gordon, Chris Rock, Mark Ruffalo, Michaela, Michaela, Michaela, Michaela.
Google claims that this is about promoting scientific research, that its models are used to quickly summarize scientific literature and help researchers reach hypotheses faster. The way Openai spins it, its models “trained so as not to replicate works for consumption by the public”, and it is already in line with existing ideas about fair use and does not violate rights holders (New York Times is just one of the companies Currently, AI is for intrusion into copyrightOr just ask Scarlett Johansson about all this).
They claim that although America already leads in AI research, if technology companies do not have “unobstructed access”, “the race for AI is effective. America loses, as is the success of democratic AI.” It is a line that should receive attention from Vance and the Trump administration. (Here is the whole text of Google and Openai’s proposal.)
Hollywood has, of course, already made a point to deal with the compensation and permit issue AI during its work negotiations as early as 2023which requires studios to reveal the use of AI or whether the work with actors, writers or directors has been used to train AI models. But if a studio leans on using a model created by a company like Openai – as in the case of Lionsgate’s partnership with Runway – all bets are.
One of the main characters of the letter, Natasha Lyonne along with brown mooser, together founded You have Asteria Studio And recently launched its own AI model called Marey as they say is the first “pure” model that is not trained on any existing copyrighted material. As IndieWire recently reported, Many other new AI companies Choose not to build their own AI models but instead used either closed source or open source models.
Check out the full text of the open letter and its signers here.
