As a new EU policy cycle is about to start, CEATL, together with 12 European and International organisations representing the voice of writers, translators, performers, composers, songwriters, screen directors, screenwriters, visual artists, journalists, and other creative workers, co-signed a joint letter (https://europeanwriterscouncil NULL.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Joint-letter-to-Members-of-the-European-Parliament-on-the-impact-of-Artificial-Intelligence-on-the-European-creative-community NULL.pdf) to the newly-elected European Parliament.
“AI represents an extraordinary technological advancement with immense potential to enhance various aspects of our lives, including in the cultural and creative sectors. However, as AI technology is deployed more and more widely, it is also important to acknowledge a darker aspect of this technology: all generative AI models in existence today have been trained in full opacity on enormous amounts of copyright-protected content and personal data which have been scraped and copied from the internet, without any authorisation nor any remuneration for the creators we represent. In addition, the use of AI-generated deep fakes and other AI- manipulated content is a real threat to our democracies, our members’ reputation and to citizens’ trust in the veracity of digital content.”