Here’s another skirmish in the on-going battle over AI systems’ use of published data. News/Media Alliance, a publishing industry trade group, has issued guidelines it would like AI developers to follow when they use someone else’s intellectual property. As you might imagine, it’s a bit of a wish list for approaches that would favor copyright owners.
A consortium of major European telcos has launched a consent-based digital identity service that will let consumers decide which companies can see their data. The new joint venture, named Utiq, includes Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone and has been pre-cleared by the European Commission. CDP vendor Teavaro will provide technology and service delivery.
Copyright issues are scaring off potential users of generative AI as it becomes clear how much training data was taken without permission. Microsoft has now promised to defend its customers from copyright claims related to its AI “copilots” and to pay any fines if they lose. Adobe made a similar but more limited promise in June. Other gen AI developers will probably follow suit.
AI-edited content is less concerning than AI-generated content — that’s the takeaway from Meta’s adjustment to its AI labeling on Facebook and other platforms. The “AI info” label will continue to appear on AI-generated content. Where content has only been modified or edited using AI, the label will appear more demurely in the post’s menu.