Thom Yorke among thousands of artists to issue AI protest | Digital ...
Leading actors, authors, musicians, and novelists are among 11,500 artists to have put their name to a statement calling for a halt to the unlicensed use of creative works to train generative AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT, describing it as a “threat” to the livelihoods of creators. The open letter, comprising just 29 words, says: “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”
Artists Joining the Protest
Those who signed the statement include Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, award-winning actors Julianne Moore and Kevin Bacon, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, and ABBA songwriter and performer Björn Ulvaeus.
Data Collection for Generative AI
OpenAI and other tech firms building generative-AI products use data scraped from the internet to train their AI models. The data can include text, images, videos, music, and speech, which helps to build and refine algorithms for various applications.
Copyright Concerns
The main issue artists have raised is that the data is often collected without consent, leading to claims of copyright infringement. Several lawsuits have emerged on this matter, with tech firms like OpenAI having to defend themselves in court over copyright claims.
The Future of Generative AI
With generative AI technology still evolving, firms are beginning to seek licensing deals with media publishers to access content for training AI tools while providing compensation. Regulators are also working to catch up with the rapidly advancing technology.
Project Strawberry by OpenAI
OpenAI recently unveiled Project Strawberry, its latest large language model aimed at advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This new model is expected to have "human-like reasoning skills" and could pave the way for the next generation of AI applications, including ChatGPT.
