Media Groups Sign Open Letter On AI Use (mediapost.com)

A group of 10 organizations, including The Associated Press and Gannett, is calling for a legal framework to protect journalism from unregulated AI use.

In an open letter titled, “Preserving public trust in media through unified AI regulation and practices,” the signees advocate regulatory and industry action to ensure:
*Transparency about the makeup of training sets used to create AI models.
*Consent of intellectual property rights holders on copying of their content in training data.
*Ability of media companies to collectively negotiate with AI model developers about use of their intellectual property.
*Requiring that generative AI models identify AI-generated content.
*Mandating that generative AI model providers eliminate bias and misinformation.
more at: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/388128/media-groups-sign-open-letter-on-ai-use.html

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