More than 10,000 professional actors, musicians, writers and other creators have signed a petition calling for AI not to use their work without permission for training purposes. British composer Ed Newton-Rex wrote the declaration and set up the collection of signatures. The ranks of signatories include many famous names. They range from Hollywood stars like Kevin Bacon and Julianne Moore to musicians and record composers like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus and bestselling authors Harlan Coben and Ted Chiang. The statement itself is brief and to the point:

“The unlicensed use of creative works to train generative AI poses a major and unfair threat to the livelihoods of the people behind these works, and must not be allowed. »