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The government is looking to frame a new law on artificial intelligence (AI) that will protect the interests of news publishers and content creators while also minimising user harm, union minister for electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw told ET...
The new law will be very balanced as well as strong on securing the rights and sharing the proceeds among news publishers, content creators and AI-enabled technologies such as large language models (LLMs), while keeping good space for innovation, Vaishnaw added...
Following the move by The New York Times, several authors, computer programmers and musicians moved court against big tech companies, including Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta and GitHub, for training their models on copyrighted information without compensation...
News publishers in India have been seeking changes to the information technology rules to ensure fair compensation for the use of their content by generative AI models in the country amid the increasing AI copyright disputes across the world...
Earlier this year, at the Munich Security Conference, several large technology firms including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe and Meta signed the Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections that commits them to developing misinformation detection technology, curbing distribution of such content, and driving public awareness...
