Artificial Intelligence
Digital Artists Are Pushing Back Against AI
In December of last year, variations on a simple image — a general prohibition symbol crossing through the word AI with “NO TO AI GENERATED IMAGES” beneath it — began popping up on my Instagram feed. I had just written my last piece for Hyperallergic, looking at Artificial Intelligence’s capacity to relay and become part of art history, and I realized that the interviews I had conducted for the article had all been with pro-AI voices. I had not spoken to the group being hurt at the hands of AI image generation: digital artists. The recent popularization of AI software such as OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT has made AI the topic of the moment. AI-generated images, from quirky profile pictures showing users as fantasy characters, to reimaginings of famous works from art history, were popping up everywhere, and questions about the technology’s future use and current methods quickly grew. When an advert for AI copywriting service “Jasper” came up on my feed, I, too, became concerned about the future security of my work as a writer in an ever-technologically advancing landscape.
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The creative industries are fighting back against UK government proposals to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.
The latest protest is a silent album co-written by more than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, and follows a statement signed by 48,000 creatives including Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus in which they warned of a “major, unjust threat” to artists’ livelihoods.
Artificial Intelligence
Kate Bush, New Order, & Damon Albarn Among 1,000 UK Artists Protesting Government’s AI Stance With A Silent Album
Last week, the UK government proposed a new policy that would allow tech companies to use copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence algorithms. Under the proposal, artists and companies could opt out of having their material used for AI, but it would otherwise give the companies unfettered access to people’s creative work without having to license anything. The proposal has incited widespread anger in the UK’s arts communities, and now a team of 1,000 British musicians has released a silent protest album called Is This What We Want?
Writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government’s plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.
In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the proposal made by ministers on Tuesday that would allow companies such as Open AI, Google and Meta to train their AI systems on published works unless their owners actively opt out.
