Michael Miller, CEO of News Corp Australia, has called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies to compensate content creators. He emphasizes that the rise of generative AI, such as ChatGPT, allows digital companies to profit from the creative work of others without offering compensation or attribution.
AI Companies Should Compensate Creators
Miller specifically highlights ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI and partly owned by Microsoft, as an example of a company that has built a $30 billion business using others’ original content without proper compensation. He referenced Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, effective on March 2, 2021, which requires tech platforms to pay news publishers for their content. Miller believes similar regulations should apply to AI platforms and projects.
Recently, more than 3,000 tech leaders, including Elon Musk, signed an open letter urging a temporary pause on AI development due to “profound risks to society and humanity.” Miller asserts that AI engines must source content from credible platforms and fairly compensate creators to ensure public trust in the displayed information.
Miller argues that creators deserve to be rewarded for their original work, which significantly contributes to training AI engines. He insists that these engines are “raiding” the style and tone of journalists, musicians, authors, poets, historians, painters, filmmakers, and photographers.
The crypto industry also embraces AI, with projects like Fetch.ai and Singularity NET gaining popularity. Meanwhile, Italy’s data protection agency has temporarily blocked ChatGPT and opened an investigation into suspected data privacy violations, following a bug that exposed users’ chat history without consent.
