Hollywood actors, directors and other creatives are pushing for loosening AI regulations, with more than 420 entertainment industry insiders signing open letters urging the government to support copyright laws that apply to artificial intelligence.
The group, led by actress Natasha Lyon, also includes Bette Midler, Aubrey Plaza, Ava Duvernay, Paul Simon and Mark Ruffalo.
The letter states that Openai and Google have recently recommended that the government remove “all legal protections and existing guardrails surrounding copyright law protections for artificial intelligence training.” The group believes that AI learning will relax copyright laws to help the creative industry come at the expense of AI.
Openai and Google, the leading American artificial intelligence companies that run the AI ​​company Oracle, wrote a letter this month to the office of Science and Technology Policy on AI Action Plans, claiming that it would be beneficial for AI developers to train AI using copyrighted materials.
Google argued that copyright law exceptions allow “materials published under copyright for AI training without having a significant impact on rights holders” and claimed that fair use and text and data mining exceptions balance existing copyright rules.
The actor has long fought against the expansion of AI. One of the major set-offs during the 2024 SAG-AFTRA coalition negotiations with major production companies was that the parties were unable to agree. AI regulations in the film industry.
Sag-Aftra, a union representing around 160,000 performers, wanted film and television producers to obtain consent from the actors to create and use digital replicas. They also fought to ensure that actors were compensated at normal rates, even if they were performed by their digital replicas.
SAG-AFTRA and the actors it represents after 118 days of strikes during contract negotiations Win, trading included rules About consent and rewards when AI is used in movie shows or TV shows.
California Governor Gavin Newsom Last year, I signed two bills to law. Protects actors from replicas of artificial intelligence. One requires a labor contract to specify whether there is an AI-generated replica of an actor, while the other prohibits the commercial use of digital replicas of a deceased performer in any media, including television shows, movies and video games, without consent from the real estate.
The number of artists is growing, including Ben Stiller, Ayo Edebiri, model and actress Cara Delevingne, directors Guillermo Del Toro, Taika Waititi, “SNL” actresses Chloe Fineman and Oscar Winner Cate Blanchett, as well as Ben Stiller, Ayo Edebiri, Model and Ectress Cara Delevingne and more. The group initially asked the government to respond by 11:59pm on Saturday, but as the deadline has passed, they continue to collect signatures for the letter.
The letter argues that the entertainment industry supports more than 2.3 million jobs in the United States and pays more than $229 billion in wages per year, “AI companies are seeking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by undermining copyright protections for film, television, television, artwork, writing, music and voice.
Last month, Vice President JD Vance warned European Union countries. Regarding AI overregulation During the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France. While speaking to high-tech executives and world leaders, Vance said excessive restrictions in the AI ​​sector “can kill transformative industries just as they take off.”
In January, the US said Invest up to $500 billion Private sector investments to build domestic artificial intelligence infrastructure as a way to keep up with Chinese competitors.
Upon his appointment in January, Trump abolished former President Joe Biden’s executive order to keep AI safe, secure and reliable, and issued a national security memo outlining the framework for developing government and national security AI, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU, who works to protect the rights of American people, calls Trump’s AI guidelines rollbacks a “significant mistake,” and the guardrail introduced by the Biden administration “is a “common sense and regular test,” ensuring that AI tools comply with existing laws protecting civil rights and civil liberties, and that they do not implement civil liberties accurately.
