Tech firms should pay the creators whose work they use | Letter
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The proposal could generate up to £300 million annually, giving UK creators a new source of income from the use of their work by AI firms.
It could raise up to £300m a year, providing UK creators with additional income, write Barbara Hayes, Tayyiba Nasser, Christian Zimmermann and Paul Seheult Anthropic’s proposal (AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for ‘public good’, 19 October) raises an important question: who should benefit from technological progress? Before pledging money for the public good, AI companies such as Anthropic should first pay the creators whose work they use. Device manufacturers have a separate re
Anthropic is an artificial‑intelligence company that trains models on large datasets that include copyrighted content created by artists, writers and other creators; the debate centers on whether firms should compensate those creators for the use of their work.
- •Follow any formal commitments by Anthropic to allocate a share of its equity to a creators’ fund
- •Watch for legislative or regulatory proposals in the UK addressing AI‑generated content and creator compensation
- •Monitor responses from creator groups and industry bodies to the letter’s call for payment