
Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call « theft at a grand scale » by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign – called « Stealing Isn’t Innovation » – include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and musicians like the band R.E.M., Billy Corgan, and The Roots.
« Driven by fierce competition for leadership in the new GenAI technology, profit-hungry technology companies, including those among the richest in the world as well as private equity-backed ventures, have copied a massive amount of creative content online without authori …