Peter GleickMay 26, 2025

Forgive me, but if your "industry" depends entirely on stealing someone else's work, it deserves to die.

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Meta’s former head of global affairs Nick Clegg said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would is “implausible.”

The Verge
Show threadꜱᴛᴇᴇʟ ʀᴀᴛ ɢᴀᴍᴇʀ

@petergleick

I want to be able to go to Nick Cleggs home, grab some paintings off the wall, and tell him I need them to make my business successful

that is what the AI industry is doing

May 27, 2025 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadMx VerdaMay 27, 2025
@thesteelrat @petergleick but also every single message or media:
he's ever shared in that house or anywhere else,
or that anyone else has ever shared on his behalf,
or private messages or media that were then leaked or stolen, etc.