The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued a wide-ranging report on Wednesday exploring the many complexities and intricacies of modern AI model development. It said that it was open to potentially allowing personal data, without owner’s consent, to train models, as long as the finished application does not reveal any of that private information.
Source: European authorities say AI can use personal data without consent for training
The Data Protection Authority said Friday that the Californian darling of the artificial intelligence sector processed users’ personal data to train its ChatGPT chat service without identifying an adequate legal basis and violated the country’s rules on transparency for users. It also said the company did not notify it of a March 2023 data breach.
Source: Italian Privacy Watchdog Fines OpenAI $15.5 Million Over ChatGPT Data Use
The stock-image house has unveiled a “research licence” for the training of open-source AI models, which it hopes will be a springboard into commercial licences as partners develop their businesses. “By first integrating a research licence, startups and AI companies can build and refine AI tools on premium, licensed data before making a larger commitment in a full commercial licence,” is how Shutterstock described it.
Source: Shutterstock launches a ‘research licence’ for GenAI companies
The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) has become an imperative in the evolving landscape of book publishing. As our industry grows ever more digital and interconnected, ISNI’s role in ensuring accurate identification and the attribution of works to contributors—including authors, editors, illustrators, translators, agents, and organizations—has shifted from a technical utility to a strategic necessity.
Source: The Role of ISNI in Book Publishing: Enabling Accuracy, Discoverability, and Collaboration
The EU’s AI Act, which went into force earlier this year, provides the most significant opportunity to advance transparency around training data to date. Amongst many other things, it mandates that developers of so-called “general-purpose AI” (GPAI) models — EU lingo for “foundation models” — publish a “sufficiently detailed summary” of the data used to train their models.
Source: How the EU AI Act Can Increase Transparency Around AI Training Data | TechPolicy.Press
Reddit Answers will respond to users’ questions with summaries of conversations from across the social media platform, and provide links to relevant communities and posts, the company said. The chatbot can also make recommendations and suggest follow-up questions. With the AI chatbot, Reddit users can skip using Google search or OpenAI’s ChatGPT to find information and discussions on Reddit.
Source: Reddit is taking on Google and ChatGPT with its own AI chatbot
Giving artificial intelligence models consent to use content for training is a “perfect use case” for blockchain technology, according to Avery Ching, co-founder and chief technology officer of Aptos. He highlighted the potential for blockchain to provide clear consent mechanisms for determining whether specific content can be used for AI training.
Source: AI training consent a ‘perfect use case’ for blockchain — Aptos co-founder
Musical AI and Beatoven.ai’s collaborative project, set to launch in the second half of 2025, aims to “ensure rights holders are compensated for every use of their repertoire.” The platform will be built on Beatoven.ai’s technology, training on a catalog of over3 million songs, loops, samples, and sounds. Musical AI will provide data licensing, attribution of generated outputs, and payments to rightsholders.
Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act on Monday in the latest effort to shield songwriters, musicians and other creators from the unauthorized use of their works in training generative AI models. If successful, the legislation would grant copyright holders access to training records, enabling them to verify if their creations were used.
Source: Senate Bill Targets AI ‘Black Box’ Problem, Eyes Transparency in Use of Copyrighted Works
Spotify has launched Spotify for Authors, an analytics and promotion platform for its audiobook division, which currently hosts more than 300,000 titles. The platform, modeled after Spotify’s existing tools for musicians and podcast creators, aims to provide publishers and authors with data-driven insights about their audiobook performance.
Source: Spotify Launches Analytics Platform for Audiobook Publishers, Authors