AI Companies Should Pay to License Work, Artists Tell Lawmakers

Artists are open to permitting artificial intelligence companies to use their works to train AI programs that generate images, text, and sound, in exchange for paid licenses, they told a House subcommittee.

Lawmakers on Wednesday held the first of several hearings on the intersection of intellectual property and generative AI planned by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. They raised concerns over how to balance encouraging AI innovation and protecting artists’ and creators’ rights.

That balance has been the subject of several recent lawsuits from artists over AI generators’ use of their copyrighted material without permission ...