Media Groups Call for AI Firms to License Content, Not Claim Fair Use, to Train Systems Like ChatGPT
• Media organizations want AI firms to license content for training rather than claim "fair use" • Congress is sympathetic to calls for AI firms to pay for training content • OpenAI has used vast amounts of copyrighted news content to train models like ChatGPT • News executives argue AI-generated content competes directly with journalism for audience and revenues • Media groups called for legislation clarifying that using their content for AI training is not fair use