As chatbots rise, US Authors Guild lobbies for incentives for human creators to continue working.
Catching up with PW's Andrew Albanese
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Executives with the Authors Guild, which claims to have more than 13,000 members, lobbied lawmakers in Washington, D.C. last week over concerns about the rise of chatbots and the threat they may pose to writers and others working in the creative industries.
In a statement highlighting the Guild’s trip to D.C., Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger said the “future of journalism, literature, and the arts depends on policies that adequately incentivize human creators to continue working.”
According to Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly senior writer, “The Guild is lobbying for compensation and credit for authors, creators, and copyright owners whose works are used to train AI machines.
“I’m not sure how that works, but it’s not too early to start exploring the issues,” he tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally.
Every Friday, CCC’s “Velocity of Content” speaks with the editors and reporters of “Publishers Weekly” for an early look at the news that publishers, editors, authors, agents and librarians will be talking about when they return to work on Monday.
