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Barry Diller Opposes WGA Deal with Studios, Calls for Redefining Fair Use Rights to Include AI

Copyright law and fair use need to be revised to control AI and provide legacy media with "recognition," stated Barry Diller, Chairman of IAC and Expedia. He additionally criticized the WGA's provisional agreement with Hollywood studios, commenting that it fails to sufficiently cope with the AI hazard.Media mogul Barry Diller on Tuesday laid out his objections to generative artificial intelligence, saying that fair use needs to be redefined to protect published material from being captured in knowledge bases for AI. Diller was reacting to the tentative labor deal between Hollywood writers and studios, which he called out for allegedly not protecting writers from AI models. His remarks follows on a lawsuit against OpenAI by prominent authors, including George R.R. Martin and Jodi Picoult. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Writers Guild of America's agreement with Hollywood studios will allow for studios to use and train AI models using writers' work, while guaranteeing writers compensation for work they do on scripts, even if the studios employ an AI tool. Diller specifically singled out OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, saying they disagree on whether or not fair use allows for taking of a publisher's work in its entirety. Altman has testified before senators on regulations for AI, and OpenAI's partner Shutterstock has a contributors fund for creators which compensates them if their intellectual property is used during AI content generation.

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