Large language AI models such as Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine could be forced to pay millions to media firms.
. He has confirmed News is in discussions with one unnamed AI firm. Mr Thomson was also an early proponent of the media bargaining code.The Guardian, is understood to be looking into how AI can be applied across other areas of a media business.
Senior media executives, who were not authorised to speak publicly, have also flagged concerns Google and Microsoft may have harvested news stories to build these AI models under agreements used to index content for a search engine – a different purpose, and possibly a competition concern.a list of 10 million websites used to build one chatbot dataset. Thirteen per cent of content came from “news and media”.
The bargaining code allows for new companies to be added, which means they could be “designated” by the federal treasurer, he adds, depending on their bargaining power in the market. “I don’t think that’s going to be that hard a hurdle to jump,” Mr Sims said. “There’ll only be two or three of these companies doing ChatGPT things, so I think they can easily be included.
Mr Sims said there was scope to add more companies to the list of those that can be designated by the government. “When we did the news media bargaining code, the companies were Google and Facebook with substantial market power,” he said. “We weren’t sure about the other players. It was clear in our mind, they would be candidates for inclusion. It’s up to the ACCC, and I’m not there any more. That’s a judgment for the ACCC.”
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