News editorials urged to regulate artificial intelligence to maintain public trust in the media

A number of the world's largest media organisations have called for greater transparency on how generative artificial intelligence models are trained.

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In an open letter to policymakers, they ask them to get involved in creating standards for the use of AI, especially in terms of intellectual property rights.

The organisations say irresponsible development of the technology could threaten the media ecosystem, undermining public trust in the independence and quality of content.

The authors of the letter outlined priorities in regulating the technology. Among them are transparency of training datasets, consent of intellectual property rights holders to use their materials, and collective negotiations between media groups and developers of AI models.

The letter was signed by the European Publishers' Council, Agence France-Presse, European Pressphoto Agency, Gannett | USA TODAY Network, Getty Images, National Press Photographers Association, National Writers Union, News Media Alliance, The Associated Press and Authors Guild.

Source: The Next Web