A new certification scheme for copyright-compliantAIhas launched, but ChatGPT and other text generators wont qualify.
NamedFairly Trained, the initiative arrives amid a brewing backlash against generative AI companies.
Inspired by this data, the systems then deliver endless creations in response to prompts.
Frequently, the outputs areclear derivationsof their source material.
The practice has enraged creators and copyright-holders.
That argument has sparked opprobrium.
One of the most prominent critics isFairly Traineds CEO, Ed Newton-Rex.
The 36-year-old raised concerns that the company was exploiting creators.
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Fairly Trained is his attempt to foster an alternative model.
The verification shows which companies consider creator consent to be important and which ones dont.
Consumers can then make an informed decision on their use of GenAI.
GenAI poses an existential threat to creative industries.
The idea emerged after Newton-Rex resigned from Stability AI.
In the debates triggered by his departure, he realised that licensed GenAI tools needed more exposure.
I didnt see any way of being able to tell them apart.
Fairly Trained provides one way to differentiate them.
Newton-Rex sympathises with the predicament, but he believes another approach is possible.
I think there are other ways to do it as well.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
