What’s happening in the U.S.?

On this side of the Atlantic, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is developing an AI framework and is hoping to move legislation at some point this year. In May, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, urged legislators to act. “I think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong. And we want to be vocal about that,” Altman told members of the Senate subcommittee for privacy and technology.

The U.S. Copyright Office is also getting input from stakeholders on how to incorporate AI rules into the existing copyright framework.

“The big question is the extent to which copyright holders are entitled to compensation in the various use cases where AI systems are scraping content,” Pedigo added. “[The copyright office] may be waiting for Congress or the other agencies to provide guidance.”