Alberto Carlo Macchi

Scraping websites and having AI summarize them, so that no one visits the websites, is theft. Training AI on videos, so that it can make new videos that compete with them, is theft. We are witnessing the largest theft of creative work in history.

AI companies’ argument that they shouldn’t have to reveal the training data they use because it is a ‘trade secret’ is absurd. They are using other people’s work - other people’s intellectual property. People’s right to know when their property is being exploited commercially should *clearly* trump AI companies’ right to keep it secret. If AI companies had to reveal their training data, there would be 1000x more AI copyright lawsuits. That tells you all you need to know. New law is needed to make AI companies reveal the copyrighted work they use to build their models. Governments should enact this law asap. Without it, rights holders are at a huge disadvantage - their work is being exploited at scale behind closed doors, and defending their rights comes down to guesswork. Require AI companies to reveal their training data, and you will end much of the unfair exploitation of people’s life’s work overnight.