AI This Week: AI’s Threat to Creative Freedom

Generative AI often rehashes derivative content, triggering concerns aired at a Federal Trade Commission hearing where creatives called for regulation to protect their industries from AI’s potential to replace or undercut their roles. OpenAI faces legal action for using authors’ work to train algorithms, underscoring a legal battle shaping the future of AI and human creativity. Allie Funk from Freedom House highlights AI’s role in aiding government censorship, especially in China, where chatbot regulations tighten information control. Disinformation fueled by AI plagues global online spaces, prompting the suggestion of regulatory solutions similar to internet policies, advocating transparency, independent research access to platform data, and reinforced privacy regulations.