FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
Arlington, VA \u2013 Today 26 organizations representing thousands of creative professionals around the world, including news, entertainment, magazine, and book publishing companies and the academic publishing sector, released Global Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a><\/span>. A first of their kind, these pioneering Global Principles provide guidance for the development, deployment, and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and applications to ensure business opportunities and innovation can thrive within an ethical and accountable framework. The Global Principles for AI are aimed at ensuring publishers\u2019 continued ability to create and disseminate quality content, while facilitating innovation and the responsible development of trustworthy AI systems.<\/p>\n Addressing critical dimensions relating to intellectual property, transparency, accountability, quality and integrity, fairness, safety, design, and sustainable development, the Global Principles for AI mark an unprecedented collaboration that safeguards the interests of content creators, publishers, and consumers alike.<\/p>\n In the Principles, the organizations call for the responsible development and deployment of AI systems and applications, stating that these new tools must only be developed in accordance with established principles and laws that protect publishers\u2019 intellectual property, brands, consumer relationships, and investments. The Principles state explicitly that AI systems\u2019 \u201cindiscriminate misappropriation of our intellectual property is unethical, harmful, and an infringement of our protected rights.\u201d<\/p>\n News\/Media Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey stated, \u201cThese Global AI Principles demonstrate the widespread agreement of publishers around the world that their intellectual property, which is the product of significant investments they have made in providing quality journalistic and creative content, should be recognized and respected. AI systems are only as good as the content they use to train them, and therefore developers of generative AI technology must recognize and compensate publishers accordingly for the tremendous value their content contributes to the development of these systems.\u201d<\/p>\n Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint stated, \u201cFor decades, our member companies have pursued opportunities to bring trusted news and entertainment to new platforms and new distribution channels enabled by the internet. We know from experience that principles like these are necessary to make certain those opportunities continue to proliferate and serve as a guidepost for businesses and policymakers who are wrestling with the ethical and legal questions surrounding AI.\u201d<\/p>\n Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director of the European Publishers Council stated, \u201cThe Global Principles for AI pave the way for a powerful convergence of innovation and ethical development of AI. We invite regulators to establish legal frameworks which boost innovation and create new business opportunities, while ensuring that AI develops in a way that is responsible and sustainable for the publishing and journalism sectors in full respect of their intellectual property rights.\u201d<\/p>\n Among other things, the Global AI Principles stipulate that developers, operators, and deployers of AI systems should:<\/p>\n The full Global AI Principles, which can be found online<\/a><\/span>, elaborate on each of the points above in greater detail.<\/p>\n Organizations signing onto the Global AI Principles include:<\/p>\n The Global AI Principles can be found on the News\/Media Alliance website\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n The Principles are open to future signatories.<\/em><\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Media Contact:\n
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\n<\/strong>Lindsey Loving
\nDirector, Communications
\nlindsey@newsmediaalliance.org<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n