Hollywood urged Trump to protect the film, TV from AI

American entertainment industry supports more than 2.3 million jobs that generates some $ 230 billion in annual wages (file) photo credit: Reuters

Hundreds of Hollywood stars including Ben Still, Kate Blanchet and Synthia Erivo have urged the White House of Donald Trump to protect film, TV and music copyright against Big Tech and Artificial Intelligence.

Open letters signed by more than 400 actors, directors and artists – hits back against technical giants such as Google and Openai, who say their AI models should be allowed to train on a huge range of copyright work or risk, which are lagged behind by Chinese rivals.

The Hollywood letter states that “weakening copyright security” and allows technical giants to “exploit America’s creative and knowledge industries”.

The US entertainment industry supports more than 2.3 million jobs that produce a few $ 230 billion in annual wages, as well as “provides a foundation for American democratic impact and soft power abroad,” it says.

The intervention came after Trump in January, signed an executive order to remove AI’s “unnecessary government control” and to promote “the global AI dominance of the US”.

The White House invited companies and other interested parties to submit suggestions.

Google and Openai said that they should be allowed to train their AI models on the broader possible category of copyright materials, warning that rival countries could otherwise get a dangerous advantage.

If Chinese developers have “unfit for” data out of data and are left without proper use, the race for AI is effectively finished, “Openai wrote, looking at China’s rapid progress with the rapid progress of China.

The Hollywood counter-letter was first sent to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy last week. The organizers said they are continue to collect signature.

AI has become an existential concern in Hollywood, where the studios and manufacturers are eager to detect their cost cuts, but many creatives fear that its use may destroy jobs and damage the quality of the material.

There was a central issue in the Artificial Intelligence Strike that in 2023 brought the US entertainment industry to stay for an expensive, months long.

Authors and actors eventually agreed to deals with studios including strict AI security, require consent and compensation if AI models train on the authors’ film scripts, or manufacture computer-generated characters using the similarity of the actors.

But the issue has moved forward with Trump’s election and the growing grip of major technical companies and American economy on Hollywood.

The letter stated, “Don’t make any mistake: This issue is beyond the entertainment industry, as the right to train AI on all copyright-protected material affects all the knowledge industries of America.”