{"id":11264,"date":"2023-05-05T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=11264"},"modified":"2023-05-05T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:58:02","slug":"restrict-ai-illustration-from-publishing-an-open-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/calls-to-action\/restrict-ai-illustration-from-publishing-an-open-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Restrict AI Illustration from Publishing:  An Open Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrators are calling out the huge amounts of recognizably copyrighted artwork mined for training by AI algorithms. The <a href=\"https:\/\/artisticinquiry.org\">Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting<\/a> published <a href=\"https:\/\/artisticinquiry.org\/ai-open-letter#signature\">an open letter<\/a> recently asking for signatures in support of illustrators, particularly those working in media publishing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AI-art generators are trained on enormous datasets, containing millions upon millions of copyrighted images, harvested without their creator\u2019s knowledge, let alone compensation or consent. This is effectively the greatest art heist in history. Perpetrated by respectable-seeming corporate entities backed by Silicon Valley venture capital. It\u2019s daylight robbery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->If your artistic practice or business is at all concerned with the many issues that AI harvesting of intellectual property presents, you are encouraged to read the sign this <a href=\"https:\/\/artisticinquiry.org\/ai-open-letter#signature\">open letter<\/a> and pass this along to your friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artisticinquiry.org\/ai-open-letter#signature\">Restrict AI Illustration from Publishing: An Open Letter<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrators are calling out the huge amounts of recognizably copyrighted artwork mined for training by AI algorithms. The Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting published an open letter recently asking for signatures in support of illustrators, particularly those working in media publishing. 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