Fitzgerald also sees Google’s fingerprints on Creative Commons’ embrace of the argument that AI art is fair use, as Google is a major funder of the organization.
like mozilla, creative commons is poisoned by google money. google is calling in its chips now, and creative commons is dutifully paying up by throwing out all their principles and siding with big #tech
people like @aral who argue against mozilla accepting google money are right. it may not matter most of the time but when it does matter the organization will fall in favor of google, and that might tip the balance in a very bad direction for a long time. creative commons looks to be doing that as we speak. if google and other #AI makers win the argument that generative AI is fair use, then they get to slurp up any
... show moreFitzgerald also sees Google’s fingerprints on Creative Commons’ embrace of the argument that AI art is fair use, as Google is a major funder of the organization.
like mozilla, creative commons is poisoned by google money. google is calling in its chips now, and creative commons is dutifully paying up by throwing out all their principles and siding with big #tech
people like @aral who argue against mozilla accepting google money are right. it may not matter most of the time but when it does matter the organization will fall in favor of google, and that might tip the balance in a very bad direction for a long time. creative commons looks to be doing that as we speak. if google and other #AI makers win the argument that generative AI is fair use, then they get to slurp up anything any of us ever makes into their #AI training data and use it for whichever purposes they choose.
#creativecommons #ai #mozilla #dev #tech #web
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2024-01-12/column-copyright-is-the-biggest-threat-to-the-ai-industry-but-its-not-going-down-without-a-fight
ChatGPT and other generative AI applications rely on copyrighted material to do what they do. But rather than compensate creators, the companies are turning to one of Silicon Valley's most reliable playbooks.
Brian Merchant (Los Angeles Times)
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•Oh no, not Creative Commons as well? 😖
What is going on?
shrimp eating mammal 🦐
•FediThing 🏳️🌈
•Why does CC even need Google money?
Is it that big a project to write licences?
Surely there are other sponsors and foundations/govs who could cover the costs that CC has?
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•FediThing 🏳️🌈
•One concern on the Fedi is if Fediverse software projects start taking money from big companies.
For example, what if Meta offered sponsorship money to a major Fedi platform such as Mastodon? Would that platform say no?
Obviously a donation wouldn't technically carry any obligations, but once you become dependent on a donor it's very hard to ignore their wishes.