California AB-412 would force AI companies to be transparent about what data they’ve taken to build their models. California State Legislature: please pass this bill. And for everyone else, sign the petition here. 🔴
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Generative AI doesn’t generate anything at all without a bunch of human input. These AI models are built out of a ton of content and data these companies take without getting permission, without offering compensation to all the humans whose writing and ideas and videos and voices and thoughts and labor and time and perspective go into making these products valuable.
So there’s a bill, a California state bill — sorry, I’m in a car. There’s a California state bill, I’m doing this in the car because it’s timely to talk about right now, that would force AI companies to be transparent about what content and data they’ve taken and used to build their models. Right now, they keep it a secret. And in fact, one company was even caught deleting their big data set because they got sued and they’re trying to hide it, right?
So, AB-412. We need the California State Legislature to pass this. This goes way beyond art and entertainment and creators. This is a basic principle we need to have for an economy moving forward. If AI companies can take anybody’s work idea and make money with it without paying the person, what kind of world are we going to live in?
AB-412. You heard me, California State Legislature. Pass it, please. Thank you.
