On AI and copyright

I teach journalism at City University of New York and work as a journalist. In order to provide one viewpoint from my field and historical background in response to the Copyright Office's inquiries on AI, I write on my own behalf. I will caution that precedents formed in regulating this technology may restrict people's ability to express themselves and access to high-quality information. As part of a partnership with the World Economic Forum in Davos, I have devised what I call creditright, a proposal for an updated copyright framework.

First, some background on journalism's history and current practice. Ironically, newspaper publishers oppose artificial intelligence (AI) reading and understanding their text.

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