Mediapart's Fouteau urges publishers to act collectively against AI firms' use of news
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Carine Fouteau, president of the French investigative outlet Mediapart, says AI companies are using news content without authorisation or compensation and drawing away publishers' audiences and revenue.
She argues that journalism will be destroyed unless publishers act collectively, including through legal action. She also says OpenAI has admitted that training leading models without copyrighted material is impossible. The report is a single opinion piece in The Guardian, and the source does not give details of any specific legal case or settlement.
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- The Guardian · AINewsMediapart's Carine Fouteau urges fight-back against AI firms over news content and democracy
AICarine Fouteau, president of French investigative outlet Mediapart, argues that AI companies are plundering news outlets without authorisation or compensation and siphoning off their audiences and revenue. She says journalism faces destruction unless publishers act collectively, including through legal action, and that OpenAI has admitted training leading models without copyrighted material is impossible.
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