Content creators take the fight to AI [Video]

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Content creators are striking back against tech companies brazenly harvesting their material to train AI models. Over the past year numerous news and content providers, including Getty Images, Universal Music, George RR Martin, and the New York Times have filed lawsuits against AI companies. They allege their work is being used without their permission to train the artificial intelligence that could ultimately put them out of business.

The allegations aren’t baseless. A recent investigation by Proof News found that tech companies, including Apple, Nvidia, and Anthropic, have lifted material from tens of thousands of YouTube channels without permission. Another investigation last year found that more than 180,000 books had been surreptitiously used to train AI applications.

Tech giants, however, have argued that harvesting content without permission isn’t illegal or breaching copyright because the material they lift is transformed and ultimately used for a different purpose than originally intended. Their supporters …