Hollywood Guilds Come Out Strong For “Ethical & Transparent” AI Bill From Adam Schiff

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SAG-AFTRA, IATSE the WGA, and even the DGA have united behind a legislative move to put up some new and slightly punitive guardrails around Artificial Intelligence. “Everything generated by AI ultimately originates from a human creative source, says Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, of a new bill proposed today by Rep.

Adam Schiff (D-CA). “That’s why human creative content—intellectual property—must be protected. SAG-AFTRA fully supports the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act, as this legislation is an important step in ensuring technology serves people and not the other way around,” Deep into his race to be California’s new junior Senator, Schiff introduced the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act into the 118th Congress (read it here) Tuesday.

If passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Joe Biden, the succinct act would require companies and corporations that use copyrighted works in the training of their generative AI systems training datasets to submit a public notice with the Register of Copyrights.

AI has the potential to change our economy, our political system, and our day-to-day life in dramatic and potentially disruptive ways.My Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act will further innovation by safeguarding the contributions of creators, ensuring that they are aware of… In short, before you put that AI created material out there, you’ve got to pull back the veil and reveal where you scooped up the info and datasets from.