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Graham Lovelace

@glovelace.bsky.social

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I chart the impacts of generative AI on human-made media. Subscribe: grahamlovelace.substack.com

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We’re proud at @braiduk.bsky.social to be a sponsor of the Creators Emergency Summit next Tuesday in London at Conway Hall. Come join us there! If you’re part of the BRAID community you can email us to request a free event pass…

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🚨The Creators Emergency Summit is poised to become the AI and creative copyright event of the year. Joining our keynote panel is Lord Holmes, the long-time campaigner on tech for public good. Check out our brilliant speakers and join us on October 13: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🚨THE COUNTDOWN has begun to next month’s Creators Emergency Summit. Convened by Charting Gen AI, the one-day central London event will discuss strategies and solutions designed to help defend creative livelihoods in the era of generative AI. Join us on Oct 13! www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🚨AUSTRALIA IS BACK on red alert over AI and creative copyright after leaked government docs appeared to float options that would allow AI firms to train on copyrighted content unless rightsholders opt out. Charting Gen AI has the full story. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/openais-st...

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OpenAI’s ‘strong-arming’ puts Australia back on red alert over creative copyright

#122 | PLUS: Baroness Debbonaire backs our ‘vital’ Summit | Trump: ‘I’m the guardrail AI needs’ | Jack Thorne: ‘AI writing is fraud’ |✨AND: How many e’s in 17?

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🚨Charting Gen AI is delighted to announce that Baroness Debbonaire — the former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire — will be speaking in a keynote panel at the Creators Emergency Summit on Tuesday, October 13. More details and tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There has been one high profile AI copyright case, Getty v. Stability, but you’re right, none involving authors. This is a question our eminent legal panel at the Creators Emergency Summit will be asking as they explore other legal avenues open to creatives. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creators-e...

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Creators Emergency Summit

Join creators and their allies in law, politics, and ethical tech for a day of practical tips on defending livelihoods in the era of gen AI.

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚨LARGELY BURIED amid media warnings that AI threatens to bring about the end of the world is a story involving OpenAI and its claim it had cracked a 90-year-old maths challenge. It’s a must-read centred on trust in unregulated AI. Read on here … grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/openais-ma...

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OpenAI’s maths breakthrough that doesn’t appear to add up

#121 | PLUS: Baroness Kidron to keynote the Creators Emergency Summit | Press Gazette unveils AI detection platform |✨AND: Newsbrands unite to take on AI giants

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🚨CHARTING GEN AI is delighted to announce that creators’ champion Baroness Kidron will be a keynote speaker at next month's Creators Emergency Summit. More details and tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🚨IN A DEVELOPMENT that will surprise absolutely no one, the Trump administration this week sided with OpenAI in its legal battle with The New York Times. Full story, plus the week's developments and latest speakers for our Creators Emergency Summit. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/trump-admi...

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Trump admin sides with OpenAI in its copyright battle with The New York Times

#120 | PLUS: Andrea Bartz backs our Creators Emergency Summit |✨AND: Musicians’ group leader demands action on AI transparency

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨BEST-SELLING novelist Andrea Bartz, who took on AI giant Anthropic — and won — is backing the Creators Emergency Summit. Convened by Charting Gen AI the one-day summit on October 13 will discuss how to defend creative livelihoods in the era of gen AI. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨BEST-SELLING novelist Andrea Bartz, who took on AI giant Anthropic — and won — is backing the Creators Emergency Summit. Convened by Charting Gen AI the one-day summit on October 13 will discuss how to defend creative livelihoods in the era of gen AI. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/creators-e...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🚨THE FOUNDER of an image-sharing platform is fighting back after suffering another malicious data scrape. Jingna Zhang said the third “targeted attack” of Cara was “meant to cause artists pain”. Now she's launched a legal fund and seeking expert advice. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/cara-found...

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Cara founder launches legal fund to stop scrapers ‘inflicting harm’

#119 | PLUS: WikiHow sues OpenAI |✨AND: WSJ defends AI-written op-ed

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

One of the most recognisable and consistently reliable sources of information on AI, copyright and the creative industries has organised a second Creators Emergency Summit. The event is open to all those who create for a living and want to know how to protect their work from AI exploitation.

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🚨THE FOUNDER of an image-sharing platform intended to shield art from AI training has delivered an urgent plea to creators after it was scraped twice in a week. Find out what it is in Charting Gen AI’s Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

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‘What the hell must I do?’ exclaims owner of image-sharing site attacked by scrapers

#118 | PLUS: Hollywood inks AI peace deal with ByteDance | Column breaches FT’s AI code |✨AND: Sir Michael Caine lends his voice to AI detection study

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@glovelace.bsky.social at Charting Gen AI covers the hack of image-sharing platform Cara, which was scraped twice in a week. We Are Better Than This was asked to comment on this latest casualty of lack of regulation and political will to protect artists. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Creativity is in crisis. Be part of the solution. Convened by Charting Gen AI the Creators Emergency Summit in October will tackle creator injustice. Join us to gain practical advice on protections against AI exploitation. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creativity...

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Creativity is in crisis. Be part of the solution.

Convened by Charting Gen AI the Creators Emergency Summit will tackle creator injustice

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Charting explains why the label that identifies a so called “AI artist,”is not good enough: it is the music track themselves that need labelling, otherwise "the actual volume problem, AI-generated tracks displacing royalty pools at scale, isn’t addressed at all.” AI output outcompetes people’s work

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🚨SPOTIFY IS set to introduce a badging scheme showing artists are AI fabrications. Why is it doing this, and is it enough? Reaction and analysis in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/spotifys-m...

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Spotify's move to label AI artists 'tackles a PR risk rather than impact of slop'

#117 | PLUS: News orgs complain over AI summaries | Literary prize is postponed pending AI review |✨AND: The font that defeats AI

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📻 Enjoyed chatting with Martin Geissler on BBC Radio Scotland this morning about Spotify's long-overdue move to add 'AI Persona' labels to slop 'artist' profiles. Listen here: (starts at 01:54:00): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radio Scotland Breakfast - 12/08/2026 - BBC Sounds

News from across Scotland and the world, plus sport, weather and big name interviews.

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨GERMAN COLLECTING society GEMA has hit back after a US legal scholar described last week’s copyright victory over Suno as “highly controversial and imprudent”. Full story and all the week's news in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/gema-hits-...

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GEMA hits back after US legal scholar says court's historic ruling was 'imprudent'

#116 | PLUS: Author loses $2.4m deal amid AI claims | Slop book study supports case over market harm |✨AND: What on Earth, Google?

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨A GROUP of post-grad students at Stanford University has launched an AI fightback initiative that challenges Big Tech’s AI narrative. Charting Gen AI explains the global significance of the Stanford Critical AI group, and what it aims to achieve. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/academics-...

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Academics challenge Big Tech's AI narrative from the heart of Silicon Valley

Stanford Critical AI questions who AI benefits and how it should be governed

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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FIFA row latest: FIFA scraps World Cup sell-off plans, Gianni Infantino says in exclusive statement to Sky News

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨MUSIC GENERATOR Suno has been dealt a crushing defeat at the hands of German collecting society GEMA. Full story and all the week's news as we document the impacts of generative AI on human-made media. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/collecting...

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Collecting society GEMA triumphs in copyright clash with AI music generator Suno

#115 | PLUS: Creators petition new PM on AI | Music industry unites on AI and charts |✨AND: Meet the Prof who set an AI trap

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Governments around the world are protecting Big Tech’s interests instead of the people. It doesn’t have to be like this. Together we can shape a better future. Join us. www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

🚨PUBLISHER AND CREATOR groups have been giving their reactions to Andy Burnham’s government shake-up which could herald far-reaching changes to policy on AI and creative copyright. All that and much, much more in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creatives-...

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Creatives call for clarity on AI while Burnham shake-up leaves tech policy 'confusion'

#114 | PLUS: Bartz reveals why she sued Anthropic |✨AND: Can AI measure journalistic quality?

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🚨CREATORS ARE CHEERING Australia’s “crystal clear” commitment on creative copyright. It’s huge win for the creative sector. But victories of this magnitude don’t just happen - they're the result of political pressure. Full story: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-a...

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Creators applaud Australia's 'crystal clear' commitment on creative copyright

#113 | PLUS: Publishers accuse Google of 'prolific' copyright violation | Music community unites on AI labels |✨AND: The 'treachery' of anthropomorphic AI

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🚨APPLE HAS DECLARED war on OpenAI, accusing the start-up of stealing confidential information to help develop its hush-hush AI device. While that complaint is very vocal the hi-techs maintain silence on another legal matter. What is it, and why? grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/tech-titan...

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Tech titans clash over AI secrets but the sector is silent on another legal issue. Why?

'The open secret is they steal from each other as much as they steal from creatives'

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨THE MOMENTUM behind those fighting ‘AI inevitability’ — the notion that universal AI adoption is unavoidable — accelerated this week with the launch of The AI Resist List. Full story in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/database-o...

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Database of defiance launches to tackle the myth of 'AI inevitability'

#112 | PLUS: BBC 'hits wrong note on AI in music' | Code calls for AI fairness | Pubcaster pilots AI news |✨AND: The tell that AI was tagged in

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🚨CREATORS AND leaders of creative industry groups this week called on the Australian government to resist Big Tech’s intense lobbying to weaken the nation’s copyright laws in favour of AI developers. As we explain, it's a big story, with huge implications. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

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Creators call on Australian govt to hold firm on AI copyright amid 'dirty deal' claim

#111 | PLUS: Google plays Charting's AI-Copyright Deniers' BINGO |✨AND: Let's face it, can you spot AI? Yes, with training

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🚨GOOGLE HAS BEEN playing Charting Gen AI’s ever-popular AI-Copyright Deniers’ BINGO — from both sides of the Atlantic. Find out how, and what it reveals, in our Weekly Newsletter, out now! Link: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creators-c...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨JUDGES OF A prestigious literary contest have awarded their top prize to an entrant accused of using AI. Jamir Nazir’s shortlisted entry plunged the Commonwealth Short Story Prize into controversy after allegations were made that he’d heavily leaned on AI grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/story-cont...

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Story contest shrugs off controversy as it awards top prize to entrant accused of using AI

Jamir Nazir denied AI was part of his creative process

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🚨Open letter to Andy Burnham: 'Ditch Labour’s disastrous stance on AI'. Please sign it, wherever you’re reading this, and remember to verify your signature. Thank you! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/open-lette...

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Open letter to Andy Burnham: 'Ditch Labour’s disastrous stance on AI'

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🚨THE SHORT-LISTED winner of a prestigious literary competition is in with a chance of winning next week’s final despite mounting evidence his entry was written by AI. Full story and the week's main developments in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter👇 grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/literary-p...

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Literary prize organiser doubles down on AI controversy as Granta quits

#110 | PLUS: 35 news publishers sue OpenAI and Microsoft |✨AND: Midjourney's 'little weird and crazy' pivot

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚨Tech activists need to act “like that relentless rain that somehow gets in through the closed window”, Beeban Kidron tells Charting Gen AI. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨AI is stealing kids’ future, and that’s a “crime against humanity” tech activist Beeban Kidron tells Charting Gen AI. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Intrigued why @moderation.bsky.app‬ thinks this video requires an adults-only label. Could you explain please?

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🚨How does Big Tech maintain its power? “I think we need to name it. It’s lobbying,” says tech activist Beeban Kidron. Full must-watch interview: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-c...

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Creators’ champion Baroness Kidron tells Charting Gen AI why she “lives with an anger” and what it would take for her to give up her tech activism. Spoiler: it involves YOU! Preview clip from an extended interview being published tomorrow. Subscribe: grahamlovelace.substack.com/subscribe

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

🚨CREATOR GROUPS are angry that a report on AI take-up in the creative industries fails to recognise the harms and risks for creative workers, and the protections they urgently need. Full story and MUCH MORE in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creator-gr...

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Creator groups hit out as AI champion puts adoption ahead of harms

#109 | PLUS: The Atlantic lifts the lid on AI theft | AI chatbots and news: what you need to know |✨AND: Has AI improved since 'glue on pizza'? Spoiler: no!

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨WHO’S RESPONSIBLE when an AI search service generates defamatory claims? A German court this week placed liability squarely on the service provider — in this case, Google and its AI Overviews. Charting Gen AI has the full story in our Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/courts-rem...

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Court's removal of liability shield from AI Overviews has big implications

#108 | PLUS: Web-scraper receives another legal letter | Bartz: 'AI fight is a battle for our souls' |✨AND: No reining back for Australian creator group!

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European Writers' Council @europeanwriterscouncil.eu · 07/06/2026

Excellent and very strong article about how copyright is undermined and the necessity for authors to standing up together #genai #stopthesteal @ninageorgenovelist.bsky.social

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🚨A BROAD COALITION of authors’ groups has launched a blistering attack on Europe’s copyright directive which came into force five years ago today, saying it hands AI giants a “licence to steal”. Full story with killer #AIfightback quotes: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/authors-co...

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Authors' coalition scorns EU rules that tore up AI protections five years ago today

Copyright directive 'paved way for the plunder of cultural works'

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🚨LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD director Martin Scorsese has been accused of “throwing artists under the bus” by promoting the use of AI to generate movie storyboards. Full story and the week's developments as creators fight back against #degenerativeAI 👊 grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/scorsese-t...

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Scorsese triggers angry backlash as he turns to AI to storyboard movies

#107 | PLUS: CMA's Google timeframe is scorned | BBC responds to Runway questions | 'Nato for news' surges |✨AND: Animator abandons Amazon AI project

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🚨IT’S ONE OF the most egregious examples of the use of AI to commit cultural vandalism, a story that if you care about the future of creativity will make you angry. It did me. All the developments in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/outrage-as...

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Outrage as legendary photographer's work becomes 'crap art for sake of profit'

#106 | PLUS: 7 key things Pope Leo said on AI | CNN sues Perplexity |✨AND: The truth about made-up AI quotes

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨The AI backlash is real, and growing. How might Big Tech respond? That's the question I'm posing in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter, following the merest mentions of AI in recent university commencements speeches getting booed. No punches pulled! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/the-backla...

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The backlash against AI is real, and growing. How might Big Tech respond?

#105 | PLUS: Literary prize AI scandal takes bizarre twist | USCO chief is sued over AI 'artwork' |✨AND: Show me the (real) Monet!

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨EXCLUSIVE: The organiser of a prestigious short story competition is standing by its decision to award a prize to an author who appears to have used generative AI to compile his entry. Full story👇 grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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EXCLUSIVE: Story award rejects claim winner used AI, despite mounting evidence

Commonwealth Foundation says it believes author's assurances

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Copyright Alliance @copyrightalliance.org · 18/05/2026

Speaking to Charting Gen AI writer @glovelace.bsky.social about the publishers' #AI copyright lawsuit against Meta, our CEO @keithkup.bsky.social Kupferschmid stated, "The harm to #copyright markets becomes clearer every day." Learn more here! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/authors-gr...

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Authors' group swings behind landmark AI copyright lawsuit against Meta

#103 | PLUS: News orgs demand end to scraping | The Oscars clarifies use of AI in movies |✨AND: The AI tool that corrects by making mistakes!

Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨AN AGREEMENT hammered out between performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and US studios fails to adequately address AI exploitation since “the actual harm is coming from a third party that wasn’t at the table”. Full story: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/performers...

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Performers and studios 'must unite in AI fight, and stop battling each other'

#104 | PLUS: Lethal chatbot lawsuits pile up for OpenAI | More AI snafus at the NYTimes |✨AND: Students boo AI, but we should all be angry

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Graham Lovelace @glovelace.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Required reading for the Starmer administration, or any aspiring contender for the position of UK prime minister. Government inaction on AI and copyright has gone on too long. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...

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The UK is poised to become a global hub for AI licensing, 'but ministers must act'

Music trade body report calls for 'strong transparency measures'