Musicians from ABBA, Radiohead, and The Cure, along with actors and authors, have come together to sign a protest letter against the use of their work in the development of artificial intelligence tools.
Released on Tuesday, the letter has garnered thousands of signatures, serving as a public warning against the potential misuse of AI technology to create synthetic images, music, and writings by analyzing vast collections of existing human-created content.
The petition emphasizes that the unauthorized use of creative works to train generative AI poses a significant and unfair threat to the livelihoods of the creators behind those works and should not be allowed to continue.
Notable signatories include Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, Robert Smith of The Cure, Thom Yorke and other members of Radiohead, as well as acclaimed writers such as Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. Actors Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, and Rosario Dawson have also lent their support to the cause.
Renowned novelist James Patterson, who signed this recent letter, had previously participated in another open letter organized by the Authors Guild last year. The guild subsequently initiated legal action against AI companies, an ongoing case in a federal court in New York.