A new AI licensing campaign is getting support from Cyndi Lauper, Questlove and nearly 800 more protesting the use of unlicensed work to train AI.

Writers, actors and other musicians have come out in support of the Human Artistry Campaign's "Stealing Isn't Innovation" push for licensing and opt-out mechanisms for human-created works.

U.S. creators are fed up with tech companies stealing their copyrighted works without permission. Now, they're fighting back.

Around 800 artists, writers, actors and musicians have joined a new campaign calling out what they describe as large-scale theft by artificial intelligence companies. The campaign, titled

Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call “theft at a grand scale” by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign — called “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” — include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult,

The campaign, called “Stealing Isn’t Innovation,” counts musicians Cyndi Lauper, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Hudson, LeAnn Rimes, and bands R.E.M., OneRepublic and MGMT among its signatories. Actress Scarlett Johansson and authors including Jodi Picoult also joined the effort.

A long list of musicians, content creators and actors are among those who have signed on to a new campaign to protest tech giants’ use of copyrighted works in their AI models. The list of signees includes actors like Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett,

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