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☆ Media executives urge Congress to enact legislation to prevent AI models from training on ‘stolen goods’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Roger Lynch, Condé Nast’s chief executive, told senators that current AI models were built using “stolen goods,” with chatbots scraping and displaying news articles from publishers without their permission or compensation. News organizations, Lynch said, seldom have a say in whether their content is used to train AI or is output by the models. To avoid the pilfering of news publishers’ content and, thereby, their coffers, Lynch proposed AI companies use licensed content and compensate publishers for content being used for training and output. Coffey also noted AI models have introduced inaccuracies and produced so-called hallucinations after scraping content from less-than-reputable sources — which runs the risk of misinforming the public or ruining a publication’s reputation. “The risk of low-quality [generative] AI content dominating the internet is amplified by the drastic economic decline of news publications over the past two decades,” Coffey said.

Persons: ChatGPT, Roger Lynch, Condé, Lynch, ”, they’ve, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, George R, Martin, ” Lynch, Danielle Coffey, Coffey, ” Coffey, ” Curtis LeGeyt, ” LeGeyt Organizations: CNN, The New York Times, News Media Alliance, National Association of Broadcasters

☆ AI Chatbots are scraping news reporting and copyrighted contented, News Media Alliance says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

technology companies for scraping news material to train their chatbots. In August, a Reliable Sources review found that a dozen major media companies have inserted code into their websites to safeguard their content from A.I. The action would do nothing to address the prior scraping of their reporting, which the News Media Alliance — and others — said have been used to train A.I. To solve for that problem, the News Media Alliance outlined recommendations for news publishers to protect them from going extinct in this brave new world. The recommendations include policymakers recognizing that the unauthorized use of copyrighted material to train A.I.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Danielle Coffey, ” Coffey, News Media Alliance —, — Organizations: CNN, The News Media Alliance, Google, News Media Alliance, ” Publishers Locations: U.S

☆ News Group Says A.I. Chatbots Heavily Rely on News Content
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Katie Robertson | More About Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

News publishers have argued for the past year that A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT rely on copyrighted articles to power the technology. Now the publishers say developers of these tools disproportionately use news content. The group argued that the findings show that the A.I. Representatives for Google and OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: “, ”, Danielle Coffey Organizations: News Media Alliance, The New York Times, Google

Those summaries appear on the top of the Google search homepage, with links to “dig deeper,” according to Google’s overview of SGE. Most significantly, publishers want to be compensated for the content on which Google and other AI companies train their AI tools – a major sticking point around AI. In late September Google announced a new tool, called Google-Extended, that gives publishers the option to block their content from being used by Google to train its AI models. Publishers want clicks to secure advertisers, and showing up in Google search is key to their business. When given the option, websites are blocking their content from being used for AI if doing so doesn’t impact search, according to exclusive data from AI content detector Originality.ai.

Persons: Annegret, Jon Fosse ”, –, Japan –, ”, Danielle Coffey, Forrester, Nikhil Lai, “, Helen Coster, Kenneth Li, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Google, Arena, REUTERS, NPR, The New York Times, Reuters, News Media Alliance, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, United States, India, Japan, Paris, SGE

☆ Sarah Krouse — Los Angeles Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sarah Krouse | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sarah KrouseSarah Krouse is the Los Angeles bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal. She oversees reporters covering Hollywood, the music industry and gambling, and writes about streaming. Sarah previously covered Google for the Information. Before that, she spent six years at the Journal covering investing, telecommunications and how businesses adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. She started her career at the Washington Business Journal in D.C. and later wrote for Financial News, a London-based sister publication of Journal in London and New York.

Persons: Sarah Krouse Sarah Krouse, Sarah, Morningstar Organizations: Wall Street, Hollywood, News Media Alliance, New York Press, Washington Business, Financial News Locations: Los Angeles, London, New York

☆ Emily Glazer — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Emily Glazer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Emily GlazerEmily Glazer is a reporter focusing on large public company CEOs, board members and corporate governance for The Wall Street Journal's corporate bureau in New York. Her stories often delve into companies going through major changes, such as CEO succession, board shakeups, regulatory investigations or structural shifts. She has covered the evolving role of business leaders impacted by the pandemic and Environmental, Social and Governance factors. Emily also contributes to the Journal’s Personal Board of Directors columns and CEO Council events. Emily has reported for Dow Jones since 2008 in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Persons: Emily Glazer Emily Glazer, Emily, Morgan Chase, Wells, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, Dow Jones Organizations: The, Social, Procter, Gamble, New York Press Club, News Media Alliance, Society of American Business, Facebook, Business, Beat, Public Service, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University Locations: New York, Wells Fargo, Avon, Herbalife, San Francisco, Los Angeles

☆ Disney, The New York Times and CNN are among a dozen major media companies blocking access to ChatGPT as they wage a cold war on A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Guardian’s Ariel Bogle reported last week that CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters had blocked GPTBot. Publishers such as Condé Nast, Hearst, and Vox Media, which all house several prominent publications, have also taken the defensive measure. The deep archives and intellectual property rights of these news organizations are immensely valuable — arguably crucial — to training A.I. “I see a heightened sense of urgency when it comes to addressing the use, and misuse, of our content,” Coffey said. News organizations might feel they’re on solid legal ground, as Coffey told me, but there has yet to be any serious action taken against the OpenAI.

Persons: Ariel Bogle, Condé Nast, GPTBot, Danielle Coffey, Coffey, newsrooms “, ” Coffey, Barry Diller, OpenAI, “, ”, they’re Organizations: CNN —, CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, Disney, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, ABC News, ESPN, Hearst, Vox Media, News Media Alliance, Associated Press Locations: The, …

☆ News firms seek transparency, collective negotiation over content use by AI makers - letter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Yuvraj Malik | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. "Generative AI and large language models ... disseminate that content and information to their users, often without any consideration of, remuneration to, or attribution to the original creators. Services like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, which use the language producing generative AI, has led to a surge in online content produced by bots and several industries are assessing its impact on their businesses. Even as the technology sees wide adoption - several companies have launched features based on generative AI - governments around the world are still deliberating rules to govern its use. Meanwhile, news companies are beginning to experiment with generative AI and negotiate deals with tech companies for their content to be used to train AI models.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Google's Bard, OpenAI, Yuvraj Malik, Katie Paul, Maju Samuel Organizations: REUTERS, News Media Alliance, European Publishers ' Council, Google, Facebook, Associated Press, American Journalism, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru, New York

☆ Facebook to end news access in Canada over incoming law on paying publishers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Meta Platforms Inc plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday. “Today, we are confirming that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada prior to the Online News Act taking effect,” Meta said in a statement. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta and Google were using “bullying tactics” as they campaign against the legislation. Google and Facebook had also threatened to curtail their services in Australia when similar rules were passed into law. The heritage ministry has had meetings with Facebook and Google this week, and it looks forward to further discussions, a government spokesperson said.

Persons: ” Meta, ”, Justin Trudeau, Meta, Pablo Rodriguez, ” Rodriguez, Danielle Coffey, “, ” Coffey Organizations: CNN, Inc, Facebook, “, Google, Heritage, News Media Alliance, Big Tech Locations: Canada, Australia, Europe, United States

☆ Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a key architect of the news media bill, has argued that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is necessary to help small, local journalism outlets survive in the face of Google and Facebook’s advertising dominance. The News Media Alliance, a supporter of the JCPA, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Among those that signed the letter were the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Wikimedia Foundation and Public Knowledge. The tech industry launched its own offensive to keep the JCPA out of the defense bill, with groups including NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association announcing ad campaigns targeting the measure. Meta, meanwhile, turned to a familiar playbook in threatening to remove from the platform.

☆ Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual defense bill as way to help the struggling local news industry. loadingHe added the proposal fails to recognize that publishers and broadcasters put content on the platform because "it benefits their bottom line - not the other way around." If Congress does not act soon, we risk allowing social media to become America’s de facto local newspaper." Since the News Media Bargaining Code took effect, various tech firms including Meta and Alphabet have signed more than 30 deals with media outlets, compensating them for content that generated clicks and advertising dollars, the report added.

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