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Major publishers call on the US government to ‘Stop AI Theft’ | Publishers across the US are participating in an ad campaign asking to ‘make Big Tech pay for the content it takes.’


Publishers are asking for protection against AI.

Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to protect content from AI. The ad also contains a link and a QR code that leads to the Support Responsible AI page, where it prompts users to contact their local representatives about requiring Big Tech companies to fairly compensate writers, artists, and journalists for their work. Many plastered their covers with the phrase “MAKE IT FAIR” as part of an initiative that asked readers to help protect AI from training on copyrighted content.

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