🚨IN A DEVELOPMENT that will surprise absolutely no one, the Trump administration this week sided with OpenAI in its legal battle with The New York Times. Full story, plus the week's developments and latest speakers for our Creators Emergency Summit. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/trump-admi...

Trump admin sides with OpenAI in its copyright battle with The New York Times

#120 | PLUS: Andrea Bartz backs our Creators Emergency Summit |✨AND: Musicians’ group leader demands action on AI transparency

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🚨BEST-SELLING novelist Andrea Bartz, who took on AI giant Anthropic — and won — is backing the Creators Emergency Summit. Convened by Charting Gen AI the one-day summit on October 13 will discuss how to defend creative livelihoods in the era of gen AI. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

🚨BEST-SELLING novelist Andrea Bartz, who took on AI giant Anthropic — and won — is backing the Creators Emergency Summit. Convened by Charting Gen AI the one-day summit on October 13 will discuss how to defend creative livelihoods in the era of gen AI. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

🚨THE FOUNDER of an image-sharing platform is fighting back after suffering another malicious data scrape. Jingna Zhang said the third “targeted attack” of Cara was “meant to cause artists pain”. Now she's launched a legal fund and seeking expert advice. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/cara-found...

Cara founder launches legal fund to stop scrapers ‘inflicting harm’

#119 | PLUS: WikiHow sues OpenAI |✨AND: WSJ defends AI-written op-ed

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One of the most recognisable and consistently reliable sources of information on AI, copyright and the creative industries has organised a second Creators Emergency Summit. The event is open to all those who create for a living and want to know how to protect their work from AI exploitation.

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Creativity is in crisis. Be part of the solution. Convened by Charting Gen AI the Creators Emergency Summit in October will tackle creator injustice. Join us to gain practical advice on protections against AI exploitation. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creativity...

🚨THE FOUNDER of an image-sharing platform intended to shield art from AI training has delivered an urgent plea to creators after it was scraped twice in a week. Find out what it is in Charting Gen AI’s Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

‘What the hell must I do?’ exclaims owner of image-sharing site attacked by scrapers

#118 | PLUS: Hollywood inks AI peace deal with ByteDance | Column breaches FT’s AI code |✨AND: Sir Michael Caine lends his voice to AI detection study

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@glovelace.bsky.social at Charting Gen AI covers the hack of image-sharing platform Cara, which was scraped twice in a week. We Are Better Than This was asked to comment on this latest casualty of lack of regulation and political will to protect artists. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

Creativity is in crisis. Be part of the solution. Convened by Charting Gen AI the Creators Emergency Summit in October will tackle creator injustice. Join us to gain practical advice on protections against AI exploitation. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creativity...

Creativity is in crisis. Be part of the solution.

Convened by Charting Gen AI the Creators Emergency Summit will tackle creator injustice

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Charting explains why the label that identifies a so called “AI artist,”is not good enough: it is the music track themselves that need labelling, otherwise "the actual volume problem, AI-generated tracks displacing royalty pools at scale, isn’t addressed at all.” AI output outcompetes people’s work

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🚨SPOTIFY IS set to introduce a badging scheme showing artists are AI fabrications. Why is it doing this, and is it enough? Reaction and analysis in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/spotifys-m...

🚨SPOTIFY IS set to introduce a badging scheme showing artists are AI fabrications. Why is it doing this, and is it enough? Reaction and analysis in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/spotifys-m...

Spotify's move to label AI artists 'tackles a PR risk rather than impact of slop'

#117 | PLUS: News orgs complain over AI summaries | Literary prize is postponed pending AI review |✨AND: The font that defeats AI

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📻 Enjoyed chatting with Martin Geissler on BBC Radio Scotland this morning about Spotify's long-overdue move to add 'AI Persona' labels to slop 'artist' profiles. Listen here: (starts at 01:54:00): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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News from across Scotland and the world, plus sport, weather and big name interviews.

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🚨GERMAN COLLECTING society GEMA has hit back after a US legal scholar described last week’s copyright victory over Suno as “highly controversial and imprudent”. Full story and all the week's news in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/gema-hits-...

GEMA hits back after US legal scholar says court's historic ruling was 'imprudent'

#116 | PLUS: Author loses $2.4m deal amid AI claims | Slop book study supports case over market harm |✨AND: What on Earth, Google?

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🚨A GROUP of post-grad students at Stanford University has launched an AI fightback initiative that challenges Big Tech’s AI narrative. Charting Gen AI explains the global significance of the Stanford Critical AI group, and what it aims to achieve. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/academics-...

Academics challenge Big Tech's AI narrative from the heart of Silicon Valley

Stanford Critical AI questions who AI benefits and how it should be governed

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FIFA row latest: FIFA scraps World Cup sell-off plans, Gianni Infantino says in exclusive statement to Sky News

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🚨MUSIC GENERATOR Suno has been dealt a crushing defeat at the hands of German collecting society GEMA. Full story and all the week's news as we document the impacts of generative AI on human-made media. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/collecting...

Collecting society GEMA triumphs in copyright clash with AI music generator Suno

#115 | PLUS: Creators petition new PM on AI | Music industry unites on AI and charts |✨AND: Meet the Prof who set an AI trap

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Governments around the world are protecting Big Tech’s interests instead of the people. It doesn’t have to be like this. Together we can shape a better future. Join us. www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk

🚨PUBLISHER AND CREATOR groups have been giving their reactions to Andy Burnham’s government shake-up which could herald far-reaching changes to policy on AI and creative copyright. All that and much, much more in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creatives-...

Creatives call for clarity on AI while Burnham shake-up leaves tech policy 'confusion'

#114 | PLUS: Bartz reveals why she sued Anthropic |✨AND: Can AI measure journalistic quality?

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🚨CREATORS ARE CHEERING Australia’s “crystal clear” commitment on creative copyright. It’s huge win for the creative sector. But victories of this magnitude don’t just happen - they're the result of political pressure. Full story: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-a...

Creators applaud Australia's 'crystal clear' commitment on creative copyright

#113 | PLUS: Publishers accuse Google of 'prolific' copyright violation | Music community unites on AI labels |✨AND: The 'treachery' of anthropomorphic AI

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🚨APPLE HAS DECLARED war on OpenAI, accusing the start-up of stealing confidential information to help develop its hush-hush AI device. While that complaint is very vocal the hi-techs maintain silence on another legal matter. What is it, and why? grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/tech-titan...

Tech titans clash over AI secrets but the sector is silent on another legal issue. Why?

'The open secret is they steal from each other as much as they steal from creatives'

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🚨THE MOMENTUM behind those fighting ‘AI inevitability’ — the notion that universal AI adoption is unavoidable — accelerated this week with the launch of The AI Resist List. Full story in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/database-o...

Database of defiance launches to tackle the myth of 'AI inevitability'

#112 | PLUS: BBC 'hits wrong note on AI in music' | Code calls for AI fairness | Pubcaster pilots AI news |✨AND: The tell that AI was tagged in

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Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

🚨CREATORS AND leaders of creative industry groups this week called on the Australian government to resist Big Tech’s intense lobbying to weaken the nation’s copyright laws in favour of AI developers. As we explain, it's a big story, with huge implications. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

Creators call on Australian govt to hold firm on AI copyright amid 'dirty deal' claim

#111 | PLUS: Google plays Charting's AI-Copyright Deniers' BINGO |✨AND: Let's face it, can you spot AI? Yes, with training

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🚨GOOGLE HAS BEEN playing Charting Gen AI’s ever-popular AI-Copyright Deniers’ BINGO — from both sides of the Atlantic. Find out how, and what it reveals, in our Weekly Newsletter, out now! Link: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

🚨JUDGES OF A prestigious literary contest have awarded their top prize to an entrant accused of using AI. Jamir Nazir’s shortlisted entry plunged the Commonwealth Short Story Prize into controversy after allegations were made that he’d heavily leaned on AI grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/story-cont...

Story contest shrugs off controversy as it awards top prize to entrant accused of using AI

Jamir Nazir denied AI was part of his creative process

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🚨Open letter to Andy Burnham: 'Ditch Labour’s disastrous stance on AI'. Please sign it, wherever you’re reading this, and remember to verify your signature. Thank you! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/open-lette...

Open letter to Andy Burnham: 'Ditch Labour’s disastrous stance on AI'

Make your voice heard by signing Charting's letter

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🚨THE SHORT-LISTED winner of a prestigious literary competition is in with a chance of winning next week’s final despite mounting evidence his entry was written by AI. Full story and the week's main developments in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter👇 grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/literary-p...

Literary prize organiser doubles down on AI controversy as Granta quits

#110 | PLUS: 35 news publishers sue OpenAI and Microsoft |✨AND: Midjourney's 'little weird and crazy' pivot

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🚨Tech activists need to act “like that relentless rain that somehow gets in through the closed window”, Beeban Kidron tells Charting Gen AI. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

🚨AI is stealing kids’ future, and that’s a “crime against humanity” tech activist Beeban Kidron tells Charting Gen AI. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

🚨How does Big Tech maintain its power? “I think we need to name it. It’s lobbying,” says tech activist Beeban Kidron. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Creators’ champion Baroness Kidron tells Charting Gen AI why she “lives with an anger” and what it would take for her to give up her tech activism. Spoiler: it involves YOU! Preview clip from an extended interview being published tomorrow. Subscribe: grahamlovelace.substack.com/subscribe