Creators of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered apps should pay for the news and content used to improve their products, according to the chief executive of News Corp Australia.
on april 2 editorial In The Australian, Michael Miller called on "original journalism and content creators" to avoid past mistakes that "decimated their industries" that he said allowed tech companies to profit from the use of their stories and information without compensation.
Chatbots are software that ingests news, data and other information to produce responses to queries that mimic written or spoken human speech, the most notable of which is the ChatGPT-4 chatbot from OpenAI AI Signature.
According to Miller, the rapid rise of generative AI represents another move by powerful digital companies to develop "a new pot of gold for maximizing revenue and profit by taking the creative content of others without paying them for their original work."
Using OpenAI as an example, Miller claimed that the company "quickly built a business" worth $30 billion by "using the original content and creativity of others without remuneration or attribution."
the australian federal government implemented the News Media Trading Code in 2021, which requires technology platforms in Australia to pay news publishers for news content available or linked to on their platforms.
Miller says that similar laws are needed for AI, so all content creators they are duly compensated for their work.
"Creators deserve to be rewarded for the use of their original work by artificial intelligence engines that are attacking the style and tone of not just journalists, but (to name a few) musicians, authors, poets, historians, painters, filmmakers and photographers".
More than 2,600 technology leaders and researchers recently signed an open letter urging a temporary pause on further development of artificial intelligence (AI), fearing "profound risks to society and humanity".
Meanwhile, Italy's watchdog in charge of data protection announced a ChatGPT temporary block and opened an investigation into alleged breaches of data privacy regulations.
Miller believes that content creators and AI companies can benefit from an agreement, rather than outright blocks or bans on the technology.
I respect the concerns, but I'm not signing this off. LLMs will not convert to AGI. They pose social risks, as do many other things. They also have great potential for good. Social pressure to stop R&D should be reserved for biological weapons and nuclear weapons etc., not for complex cases like this.
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He explained that with "proper guardrails," AI has the potential to become a valuable journalistic resource and can help create content and can "collect data faster," as well as help post to multiple platforms and speed up video production.
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The crypto industry is also starting to see more projects using AI, although it is still in the early stages.
Miller believes that AI engines face a risk to their future success if they can't convince the public that their information is reliable and credible, "to do this, they will have to fairly compensate those who provide the substance for their success."
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