Really useful resource here for Guilds and other civil society orgs engaging in consultations around AI.

Well done, German civil society. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide. And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft. What does OpenAI offer the world?

Funding bodies and production tax incentives in several countries are already making “Made By Humans” a condition. 👏🏻

Australia’s on a roll … www.bbc.com/news/article...

In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌 They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law. Other governments should do the same! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“Artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy; however, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... Question for Mr. Altman and @thr.com: Who are the excited rightsholders, precisely?

Who has the dirt on what Sam Altman is telling/promising agents and studios? www.reuters.com/technology/o...

Here’s part 1 of our four-part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia

A welcome move by China. Hope it is noted and discussed at Mondiacult at the end of the month. @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social

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Jason with important clarity on the Meta lawsuit summary judgment.

Some analysis of the two big generative AI copyright cases in the US this week (Anthropic and Meta)

FSE cosigned the Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation launched by SARTEC and other Quebec unions representing #creators, #performers, craftspeople and technicians in the #audiovisual and music industries. 🟥 Read more and sign: lartesthumain.com/en/

FSE co-signed open letter to EU Ministers of #Culture ahead of Council on 12-13 May. They have a prominent role to play on specific impact of #AI on European #CulturalDiversity & #ArtisticFreedom. federationscreenwriters.eu/open-letter-... #generativeAI #copyright #democracy

Our friends at Film Ireland have released a special series of podcasts from our World Conference of Screenwriters last year. You can listen back to the first day of panels and discussions here @iawg.bsky.social filmireland.net/category/pod...

FSE is part of a broad coalition of organisations in Europe’s creative and cultural sectors. Together we launch a campaign on the #AIAct. Keywords: Transparency. Consent. Remuneration. We call on EU policymakers to #StayTrueToTheAct. #AI #screenwriters #creators #copyright staytruetotheact.eu

Collecting reactions to proposals for the US to exempt AI training from copyright law: 1. Includes complete letter from Hollywood creatives deadline.com/2025/03/trum...

Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training. I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.

Interesting that Open AI says it can’t remove contested ©️ works NOT because it’s technically impossible but because they must preserve all training data as evidence in myriad other lawsuits. www.fastcompany.com/91265555/ope...

Mark Zuckerberg appears to have personally approved training Meta's genAI models on an entire "shadow library" of pirated books: www.wired.com/story/new-do...

Groceries for Writers is continuing for those affected by the fires. Please consider donating if you’re able.

Last month we responded to the Government's consultation on copyright and AI Now - as part of the Creative Rights in AI Coalition - we are urging all our members to write to their MP to safeguard creative rights in AI Use the special online tool here: creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP

As the public safety situation in the Los Angeles area continues to unfold, we are moderating a spreadsheet containing resources and aid efforts which you can access here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Burning question for Meta: How, exactly, are your AI bots trained on TV characters? "Me: What was the prompt that your creators used to make you? Liv: My creators based me on a fiercely loyal and self-assured mom — think Gloria Pritchett from Modern Family!"

Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ #AI #meta

I mean, here’s a crazy idea but if you can’t create this technology without breaching copyright law then maybe you need to figure out a way to develop your new toys that doesn’t involve mass piracy.

Today, the Government launched its much anticipated consultation into Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Read our response writersguild.org.uk/copyright-an...

New crap and how to oppose it 👇 @alcs-uk.bsky.social

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. AI training is NOT publishing, and a publishing contract does not in any way grant that right. Read our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ai-lice...

Excited to announce Better Offline’s upcoming 2024 finale. 12/30 I'm joined by FTC Chair Lina Khan, then finish with a solo two-parter on 1/1 & 1/3 where I’ll lay out the massive scale of the Rot Economy's damage to the tech industry- and how we fight back. Subscribe here: linktr.ee/betteroffline

youtu.be/uVGRgS8ZegI Evergreen

“The WGA also warns that its collective bargaining agreement requires studios to defend their copyrights on behalf of writers.” deadline.com/2024/12/wga-...

It’s time for the studios to come off the sidelines. After this industry has spent decades fighting piracy, it cannot stand idly by while tech companies steal full libraries of content for their own financial gain.

THE AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want (by yours truly & @alexhanna.bsky.social) is now available for pre-order! All the details here: thecon.ai

We're proud of the union contracts we’ve won in film, television, news, podcasts and online media. In the name of transparency, we put all our contracts online. Find your WGAE contract or explore what others in your industry have won here: https://www.wgaeast.org/guild-contracts/ #UnionStrong

We went to the premiere of the first commercially streamed AI-Generated Movies "I am not watching student films made with love by an enthusiastic high school student. I am watching films that were made for TCL, the largest TV manufacturer on Earth" 🔗 www.404media.co/i-went-to-th...

A survey of writers on #AI, remuneration, transparency and choice by @alcs-uk.bsky.social "Overall, 71% (9,572) of the writers surveyed were concerned about their works being used to train AI." d16dqzv7ay57st.cloud...#AI, #GenerativeAI

Imagine saying “doing our best” for a missed deadline or garbage script.

‘Writers aren't against technological progress. They're opposed to exploitation’ – the UK’s @alcs-uk.bsky.social survey on AI is a powerful read #GenerativeAI #AI

Just attended a White House press briefing. Karine Jean-Pierre started out by heralding the strong economy and gains for workers—I didn’t get called on, but planned to ask what the Biden administration is doing, if anything, to protect those gains, + to prepare institutions like the NLRB for Trump

Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:

This new survey of 13,574 writers by @alcs-uk.bsky.social adds to the mountain of evidence that creators strongly oppose the unlicensed training of gen AI models on their work. Some highlights: - 91% believe they should be asked permission for their works being used in training. Only 3% don't. 🧵

“It also found the chatbot developers have committed “unprecedented theft” against Australia’s creative workers, using copyrighted materials to train their models without permission or payment. »