Billionaire Barry Diller says the media should 'absolutely' sue AI makers over ingesting text from articles

Wed, 04/12/2023 - 04:40

A photo of IAC chairman Barry Diller speaking at the Semafor Media Summit. — IAC chairman Barry Diller spoke at the Semafor Media Summit on Monday, where he said media publishers should "absolutely institute litigation" to ensure payment for any use of their work by AI.
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Barry Diller warned publishers to prepare to fight in order to get paid for AI's use of their work.
He said they should "absolutely institute litigation" over how AI uses published content.
Diller made the comments at the Semafor Media Summit in New York.

Media mogul Barry Diller blared alarms over the popularity of generative AI technology like OpenAI's ChatGPT, warning publishers that they should sue to prevent such tools from cannibalizing their content.