AI Companies Compensate Creators for Training Data as Generative Models Threaten Creative Jobs

Some AI companies like Adobe and Canva are compensating creators who contribute content to train AI models, through bonuses and royalty shares. Stability AI also set up a revenue sharing model.

Compensation helps incentivize high quality content contributions and reduces legal risks related to using copyrighted content without permission.

OpenAI does not currently compensate creators, but offers an opt-out for artists who don't want their work used.

Paying creators encourages participation in the AI industry at a time when generative AI threatens some creative professions.

Compensating creators is a key issue but may stay mostly within big companies building models or commercial products, not all generative AI startups.