Publishing Groups Call for EU Transparency Laws on AI Training Data to Protect Books and Democracy

European publishing bodies call for EU action on transparency of generative AI to protect democracy and the book industry.

Statement comes after revelations that works of authors like Zadie Smith were used without permission to train AI models.

Groups argue the EU's AI Act should ensure transparency of data sources used to train foundation models that underpin generative AI.

They say transparency obligations are easy for AI developers to comply with and rely on data they already have.

Groups argue transparency is needed now since existing AI models have long used works without consent or compensation.