Hollywood celebrities took a break from calling President Donald Trump a fascist, con man, mass murderer and dictator, and signed a letter pleading for his administration to help them fight artificial intelligence. Signed by more than 400 members of the entertainment industry, the letter called on the control to refrain from refraining from copyright protections that say AI companies allow them to “abuse” their jobs.
“We firmly believe that America's global AI leadership should not come at the expense of our essential creative industry,” hundreds of Hollywood members said in a letter to Trump's science and technology policy. Report by Variety.
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The letter states, “AI companies are calling for undermining this economic and cultural strength by undermining copyright protections for films, television series, artwork, writing, music and voice.
The Hollywood letter was sent in response to Openai, and Google recently insisted to the Office of Science and Technology Policy that US copyright law should allow AI companies to train their systems with copyright maintenance materials without first being granted permission.
The letter accused Google and Openai of “a claiming special government exemptions and being able to freely utilize the American creative and knowledge industry despite substantial income and available funds.”
“There is no reason to undermine or eliminate copyright protections that helped America flourish,” the letter was signed by Bette Midler, who has spent years constantly attacking President Trump and his supporters.
The Hollywood figure also lamented that AI companies “threate films, books and music,” and lamented many other industry experts with demands for “free access to all data and information.”
“These occupations are at the heart of the way we discover, learn and share knowledge as a society and as a nation,” the letter was also signed by Hollywood director Ava Duvernay, who has denigrated President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
In their letter, Hollywood members took a break from calling the United States a fascist dictatorship to remind the Trump administration that America is in fact a “global cultural powerhouse” and a “global cultural powerhouse” that has succeeded because of “IP and copyright that rewards creative risk-taking by talented, hardworking Americans.”
“The American AI Action Plan encourages us to support the existing copyright framework and maintain the strength of the American creative and knowledge industry, as well as the cultural influence of America overseas,” Hollywood concluded in a letter to the Trump administration.
Singers Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Kim Gordon, and actresses Cynthia Eribo, Cate Blanchett, Aubrey Plaza, Phoebe Waller Bridge, Maggie Gillenhaal, Olivia Wilde, Lily Gladstone, Britt Marling and Michaela Koell also signed the letter.
Directors: Judd Apatow, Guillermo del Toro, Code Jefferson, Anchel Manuel Soto, Ron Howard, Sam Mendes, actors: Joseph Gordon Levitt, Taika Waitty, Showtimes Billions Starr Paul Giamatti was also a signer.
Other signatories include comedian Chris Rock, singer Janelle Monae, and filmmakers Bryn Moother, Leanne Johnson and Alfonso Quarron.
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