More than 400 of Hollywood‘s biggest creatives have come together to hopefully dissuade Donald Trump from allowing tech companies like OpenAI and Google to undermine copywriting laws in their pursuit of solidifying America as a leading force in AI. Lily Wachowski, co-creator of The Matrix, Ben Stiller, Paul McCartney, Cate Blanchett, and many, many more recently signed their names to a letter addressing the importance of keeping copyright laws in the age of AI. But the question is, will Trump listen to artists appealing to reason, or tech bros appealing to profits? Not a hard one to guess, unfortunately.
After the long and taxing SAG AFTRA strikes of 2023, actors made some ground in regards to AI copyright law and prevention of image stealing, but, of course, the big production companies only gave an inch when what was required to protect artists was miles and miles of negotiations to ensure AI developers couldn’t steal voices, scripts, or likeness. Filmmakers like Taika Waititi and Guillermo del Toro have come together to reiterate how important the film and arts industries are to the American economy and its global influence, warning the President that if he doesn’t wise up now, America’s cultural legacy will be in shambles.
“America’s arts and entertainment industry supports over 2.3M American jobs with over $229Bn in wages annually, while providing the foundation for American democratic influence and soft power abroad, but AI companies are asking to undermine this economic and cultural strength by weakening copyright protections for the films, television series, artworks, writing, music, and voices used to train AI models at the core of multi-billion dollar corporate valuations.”
The 12-page letter comes as tech giants OpenAI and Google became eager to heed Trump’s call for an AI Action Plan. Both filed briefs outlining a wishlist they said would ensure American dominance in artificial intelligence, which includes sections on copyright and IP workarounds they want. These workarounds would only worsen American artists’ vulnerability to being replaced by generative AI.
AI Needs Artists; Artists Don’t Need AI
It’s no secret that training AI requires copious amounts of human-created data that is often abundant in the entertainment industry. With more than 139,000 film and TV scripts having already been used to create data sets to train AI, the threat of AI encroachment on the entertainment industry is not just limited to tools used in the process, but aims at replacing the artists as a whole.
In a respectful attempt to highlight the dangers of the tech companies’ requests to the American entertainment industry, big names like Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Rock, Judd Apatow, John Leguizamo, Aubrey Plaza, Paul Giamatti, and others signed the warning letter that reads:
“For nearly 250 years, U.S. copyright law has balanced creator’s rights with the needs of the public, creating the world’s most vibrant creative economy. We recommend that the American AI Action Plan uphold existing copyright frameworks to maintain the strength of America’s creative and knowledge industries, as well as American cultural influence abroad.”
While current protections from AI content stealing are not where most creatives would want them to be, the tech companies’ requests for workarounds would only make art less human while making tech companies more wealthy. Something has to give before the industry has another strike on its hands.
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2025-03-18 23:29