Patreon's CEO says AI will be a 'bloodbath for the world's creative people' unless tech companies pay up

Patreon's CEO, Jack Conte, thinks the creator economy is being "left out" when it comes to compensation by AI companies.
Variety

Patreon CEO Sounds Off on AI: ‘I’m Both Amazed and Furious’: As a Creator, ‘I’m Angry That We Aren’t Being Paid’ for Value of Contributing to AI Models

Jack Conte, co-founder and CEO of creator-monetization platform Patreon, shared a lengthy rumination on artificial intelligence and the future of creative work in a new video. In the 43-minute video ...
TechCrunch

Patreon CEO calls AI companies’ fair use argument ‘bogus,’ says creators should be paid

Patreon CEO Jack Conte says he’s not anti-AI. He can’t be. “I run a frickin’ tech company,” he told the audience at the SXSW conference in Austin this week. Still, the founder of the creator platform ...
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YouTube Fights Back Against AI Trailers by Demonetizing Two Major Channels

As AI becomes an even more contentious issue in Hollywood and the wider film industry, YouTube is also taking a stance against the controversial technology. While the platform has always been filled ...
Ars Technica

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Google is generally happy to see people using generative AI tools to create content, and it’s doubly happy when they publish it on its platforms. But there are limits to everything. Two YouTube ...
TechSpot

Patreon rejects "fair use" claims for AI training, calls for creator compensation

LLM Paying Machine: Many AI startups and Big Tech players try to justify the theft of data and user-generated content used in LLM training as fair use. Patreon, a company designed to fairly compensate ...