The Last Human Voice Podcast
Two voice artists, Annette Rizzo and Marcus Hutton, join forces with Dr Mathilde Pavis, an expert in intellectual property law, ethics and new technologies.
In conversation with artists and activists, they explore the professional, legal and ethical issues in Artificial Intelligence in the creative sectors and performance synthesis. *
Music: “Songs for Ancestors” by Juno Reactor. With kind permission from Juno Reactor/Ben Watkins. www.junoreactor.com
*Discussions over the course of these podcasts are an exploration of the law and ethics around AI and should not be taken as legal advice.
The Last Human Voice Podcast
AI Licensing for Literature in a Post-Scraping World
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We talk a lot about licensing our own data for AI training, often in the context of actors and performers. In this episode, we explore what that can look like for authors.
Our guest is Julie Trelstad, Head of US Publishing at Amlet AI, a marketplace where publishers can control how their work is used for AI data training. She also has her own business, Paperbacks and Pixels which aims, among other things, to help authors understand how to use AI to market their work.
So, what does licensing books for AI training look like in practice? Do individual writers have any clout when it comes to negotiating with publishers and with AI tech firms? And, amid the the fear and suspicion around stolen data, could we now be entering a post-scraping digital world?
