Australia’s Cate Blanchett, US star Scarlett Johansson and music legends R.E.M. are among more than 700 signees to the new “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” campaign against AI exploitation in the U.S.
On Thursday, “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” was launched by the larger Human Artistry Campaign, which calls itself “a global coalition of more than 180 groups around the world supporting responsible, ethical AI.” In a press release, the organisation denounced “Big Tech’s illegal mass harvesting of copyrighted works to build and power their Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) platforms.”
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The organisers argue that unregulated AI threatens the United States’ influential creative economy that “supports millions of jobs, fuels economic growth and projects cultural power globally” and incentivizes misinformation, deepfakes, and a “vapid artificial avalanche of low-quality materials,” or “A.I. slop.”
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Above a listing of signees on the “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” website, the campaign asserts that “Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It’s not progress. It’s theft — plain and simple. A better way exists — through licensing deals and partnerships, some AI companies have taken the responsible, ethical route to obtaining the content and materials they wish to use. It is possible to have it all. We can have advanced, rapidly developing AI and ensure creators’ rights are respected.”
Other notable supporters include Hollywood’s Cate Blanchett, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Fran Drescher, and Kristen Bell. Musicians Jennifer Hudson, Common, Jason Isbell, Black Thought, Jill Scott, Jimmy Jam, the Roots, Cyndi Lauper, Bonnie Raitt, Ledisi, Tayla Parx, Ryan Tedder, R.E.M., OK Go, OneRepublic, and MGMT are also among the signees.
From Rolling Stone US
