Generative AI in the News
“Transparency is the key”: International producers talk AI
Realscreen, July 2024
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Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly okay to steal content if it’s on the open web
The Verge, June 2024
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OpenAI Sued by Center of Investigative Reporting as Media Takes Diverging Paths on Tech Giant
Hollywood Reporter, June 2024
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ITN signs deal to protect video archive from AI and license content
PressGazette, June 2024
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Major Labels Weighing Lawsuit Against AI Firms Suno and Udio for Alleged Unlicensed Training
Billboard, June 2024
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An AI video tool just launched, and it’s already copying Disney’s IP
The Verge, June 2024
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YouTube in talks with record labels over AI music deal
Financial Times, June 2024
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How AI Could rewirte history in documentaries
Politico Tech Podcast, May 2024
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Your newsroom needs an AI ethics policy. Start here.
Poynter, May 2024
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Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, May 2024
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Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI’s Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her
New York Times, May 2024
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OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
The Atlantic, May 2024
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What Do You Do When A.I. Takes Your Voice?
New York Times, May 2024
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Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and Film?
The Guardian, April 2024
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NPR, All Things Considered, April 2024
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As AI-Created Photorealistic Images Proliferate, Documentary Producers Draw Up Guidelines
The Hollywood Reporter, April 2024
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Netflix Doc ‘What Jennifer Did’ Uses AI Images to Create False Historical Record
404 Media, April 2024
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Documentary Producers Set Best Practices for Generative-AI Use in Film
Indiewire: April 2024
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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
New York Times, April 2024
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Documentary Magazine, April 2024
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George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After A.I. Podcast
New York Times, April 2024
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Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, Nicki Minaj Among 200 Artists Calling for Responsible AI Music Practices
Billboard, April 2024
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Tennessee Makes A.I. an Outlaw to Protect Its Country Music and More
New York Times, March 2024
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BBC News releases new image and video authenticity verification technology
Photo Archive News, March 2024
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OpenAI Unveils A.I. That Instantly Generates Eye-Popping Videos
New York Times, February 2024
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The Copyright Debate in Generative AI: Challenges, Expert Perspectives and Predictions
Every Pixel, February 2024
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Knowing Machines, Updated regularly
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We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.​
New York Times, January 2024
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George Carlin's daughter slams AI imitation of late father, decries 'rape & pillage' of his art
NBC News, January 2024
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The New Yorker, January 2024
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State Legislators, Wary of Deceptive Election Ads, Tighten A.I. Rules
The New York Times, January 2024
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Dark Corners of the Web Offer a Glimpse at A.I.’s Nefarious Future
The New York Times, January 2024
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OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Against It Is ‘Without Merit’
The New York Times, January 2024
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Dream of Talking to Vincent van Gogh? A.I. Tries to Resurrect the Artist.
The New York Times, December 2023
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E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules
The New York Times, December 2023
"Makers of the largest general-purpose A.I. systems, like those powering the ChatGPT chatbot, would face new transparency requirements. Chatbots and software that creates manipulated images such as “deepfakes” would have to make clear that what people were seeing was generated by A.I., according to E.U. officials and earlier drafts of the law."
Newly formed Archival Producers Alliance issues open letter on AI in docs
Realscreen, November 2023
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The Generated Anchor: Startup Channel 1 To Premiere AI-Produced Newscast
Deadline, November 2023
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Doc Producers Call for Generative A.I. Guardrails in Open Letter
The Hollywood Reporter, November 2023
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AI-Generated Voices of John Legend, Demi Lovato and Charlie Puth Are Coming to YouTube​
The Hollywood Reporter, November 2023
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Deadline, November 2023
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Édith Piaf’s voice re-created using AI so she can narrate own biopic
The Guardian, November 2023
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Screendaily, November 2023
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What Would It Take for an AI-Generated Song to Qualify for a Grammy?
Variety, October 2024
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The Beatles: ‘final’ song Now and Then to be released thanks to AI technology
The Guardian, October 2023
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Czech Republic’s Ji.hlava Doc Fest Launches Its Mission to Explore ‘What Images Can We Trust?’
Variety, October 2023
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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The White House, October 2023
Generative AI and historical authority
National Council on Public History, October 2023
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Senate Legislation Would Outlaw Unauthorized AI-Generated Likenesses; SAG-AFTRA Lauds “No Fakes Act”
Deadline, October 2023
* “The discussion draft includes a number of exclusions, including for news, documentaries and docudramas, as well as historical or biographical works. It also does not apply to the use of likenesses for comment and criticism, “scholarship satire or parody.”
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Shutterstock will sell AI-generated art and 'compensate' human artists
New Scientist, Oct 2023
Robin Williams' daughter says she finds AI recreations of her father's voice 'personally disturbing'
Yahoo! News October, 2023
Getty Made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images
The Verge, Sept 2023
Getty Images promises its new AI contains no copyrighted art
September 2023
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Spotify, Sept 2023
First Google Search Result for Tiananmen Square “Tank Man” Is AI Generated Selfie
404 Media, Sept 2023
Directors of Wilt Chamberlain documentary 'Goliath' defend use of AI in recreating legend's voice
Yahoo! Sports, July 2023
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AI Decision-Making in Hollywood Is Already Here, Now What?
Hollywood Reporter, May 2023
People Are Creating Records of Fake Historical Events Using AI
Vice, March 2023
AI models spit out photos of real people and copyrighted images
MIT Technology review, February 2023
What happens when AI generates fake historical photos
The Observers, France24, February 2023
Doc Filmmakers Debate Growing Use of AI in Non-Fiction Projects: ‘We Are Supposed to Be the Truth’
Variety, August 2023
AI-Restoration in the Film Archive: Uprezzing the classics — and “generating” new ones?
Medium, September 2022
The Ethics of a Deepfake Anthony Bourdain Voice
The New Yorker, July 2021
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Current Standards
PBS: Applying Standards to Generative AI Tools
September 2023
PBS Case Study -- Jurassic Art: AI-Generated Dino Doc
September 2023
Smithsonian Institution: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns Policy
April 2022