AI ETHICS AND REGULATION

However, the issue now extends beyond traditional copyright law, encompassing questions of fair use, data ownership, user consent and commercial exploitation.

For AI companies, access to diverse, high-quality training data determines the capabilities and performance of their models.

Meanwhile, for content creators and platform owners, unauthorised use of their material represents lost revenue and potential harm to their competitive position.

The stakes are substantial, as training datasets for modern AI systems can contain billions of text snippets, images and other media sourced from across the internet.

Companies like OpenAI have established licensing agreements with major publishers, including a partnership with The New York Times that provides structured access to the newspaper’ s archives whilst ensuring appropriate compensation.

“ If I was an artist, a) I would like to be able to opt out of people generating art in my style and b) if they do generate art in my style I’ d like to have some kind of economic model associated with that,” says Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, in an interview with Lex Fridman. These arrangements can, however, create a twotier system where some organisations pay for content access whilst others attempt to collect material without permission.

TITLE: FOUNDER AND CEO

COMPANY: MIDJOURNEY INDUSTRY: AI LOCATION: CALIFORNIA

TITLE: ENTERTAINMENT CO-CHAIRMAN

COMPANY: WALT DISNEY INDUSTRY: ENTERTAINMENT LOCATION: CALIFORNIA

David Holz, Founder and CEO of Midjourney, previously co-founded Leap Motion and is renowned for pioneering AI-driven creative technologies and advancing human-computer interaction.

Alan Bergman, Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman, leads global film, streaming and theatrical businesses – overseeing major studio integrations and record-breaking box office successes.

130 August 2025