🚨WHAT A BUNCH of zeros. Might that change next week when the UK government finally explains its stance on AI and copyright? Full story on what we can expect in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe!
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My latest column for TVBEurope asks if gen AI is ready for primetime. Spoiler alert: no, and it never will be.
“Increasingly the most important decision among discerning creative teams will not be where to use generative AI in a project, but whether to use it at all.”
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🚨NEARLY TEN THOUSAND authors have published an empty book to protest against the theft of their copyrighted works by AI companies. Charting Gen AI has the full story plus our comment on why the initiative is so effective. Do subscribe! #DontStealThisBook grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/ten-thousa...
🚨THE UK’S UPPER HOUSE has called on the Keir Starmer administration to follow Australia’s lead in ruling out a new copyright exception that would allow hi-techs to train their AI models on rightsholders’ works without consent or compensation. Full story and the week's developments: Charting Gen AI
Thank you Greg!
Thank you Greg!
Really excellent interview with tech journalist Graham Lovelace about the current situation regarding copyright law and generative AI’s illegal scraping of published books — posted by @alcs.co.uk www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-ai-...
🚨MICROSOFT DELETED a blog post that encouraged developers to use pirated copies of Harry Potter books to generate “new AI-driven” fan fiction “sure to delight Potterheads”. The incident exposes the attitude towards copyright within Microsoft’s culture. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/microsoft-...
🚨CHINESE TECH giant ByteDance parked its tanks on the Hollywood skyline this week. We comment on why it’s wrong to frame its intellectual property violation as ‘America good, China bad’ in Charting Gen AI's jam-packed Weekly Newsletter: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/why-its-wr...
🚨CHINESE TECH giant ByteDance parked its tanks on the Hollywood skyline this week. We comment on why it’s wrong to frame its intellectual property violation as ‘America good, China bad’ in Charting Gen AI's jam-packed Weekly Newsletter: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/why-its-wr...
Strangely enough I am writing about this right now!
🚨NETFLIX’S DECISION to use generative AI to disguise interviewees in a highly sensitive documentary has prompted a call for a TV industry debate on the use of the technology. Charting Gen AI has the full story and all the week's main stories. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/netflixs-u...
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
"This proves what many have long suspected — that even the CEOs of the largest AI companies know their mass exploitation of copyrighted works is unfair and unsustainable.” @ednewtonrex.bsky.social
🚨ANTHROPIC CEO Dario Amodei once supported the idea that publishers and creators should be paid when their works are used to train AI models, according to an unsealed court document unearthed by Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social. That, and more here: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
🚨THE UK’S DATA watchdog has been accused of dragging its heels in launching an investigation into the Grok sexualised deepfake scandal. Full story and what we think UK tech secretary Liz Kendall should do now: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/online-saf...
🚨ONLINE PUBLISHERS are inching closer to victory in their battle to control how Google scrapes their content for its generative search products. Find out how, and catch up with the week's main stories in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/publishers...
🚨A COALITION of creator groups is today calling on the UK government to implement immediate measures aimed at protecting the nation’s creative sector, or risk losing it. Charting Gen AI has the full story and comment. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creator-gr...
🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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🚨GOOD NEWS for creators: ‘AI godfather’ Yann LeCun @yann-lecun.bsky.social says his alternative approach to machines capable of matching or exceeding human-level intelligence won't need to be trained on copyrighted content. Full story and pithy analysis: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/ai-godfath...
🚨ELON MUSK’S AI chatbot Grok generated and shared over 3 million sexualised images of women and children in the 11 days before its editing feature was restricted, a study estimated this week. Full story and the week’s big developments: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/musks-sexu...
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‘Responsibility for the way Grok behaves rests squarely with xAI and ultimately with Musk. He’s shown, once again, he cannot be trusted with one of mankind’s most powerful and dangerous inventions. Sanctions must follow. And fast.’
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🚨UK PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to Elon Musk saying he "will not stand" for the "absolutely disgusting and shameful” actions of his social media platform X. Full story and poll on whether Ofcom should ban X in the UK👇
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Musk saying on X the UK government “want any excuse for censorship” is so totally predictable. So much so I predicted it in my comment. Vance will follow with similar tripe. Then Trump.
🚨ELON MUSK’S social network X provoked international outrage this week as its AI chatbot Grok flooded the platform with non-consensual sexualised images of women and minors. What might happen next? See Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/uk-says-xs...
Thinking about the Minneapolis video and the Trump-Noem false narrative that followed soon afterwards. Orwell foretold it in 1984.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Americans: read it, while you can.
🚨ON THE EVE of a new year Charting Gen AI picks five stories from 2025 that are likely to shape the course of events during 2026. Our selection straddles regulation, transparency, licensing, chatbot safety and copyright lawsuits. Happy New Year everyone!🥂
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