Writers Plead for Transparency Obligations on Generative AI
Summary
On October 19, 2023, the European Writers’ Council, the Federation of European Publishers and the European and International Booksellers Federation published a statement urging European lawmakers to take action on the use of pirated books and other literary works to train AI models. Arguing that “[g]enerative AI models have been developed in an opaque and unfair way, illegally making use of millions of copyright-protected books without permission from authors or publishers,” the statement warns that such a practice “impacts negatively not only rightsholders, but also democracy itself, by facilitating the mass creation of misleading, biased, and even dangerous content which has the potential to undermine European democracy.”
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