{"id":180592,"date":"2026-01-22T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:10:12","slug":"scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of theft | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/22\/scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft\">Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of theft | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/22\/scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/22\/scarlett-johansson-and-cate-blanchett-back-campaign-accusing-ai-firms-of-theft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-22 09:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of the article outlined as an unordered list with key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Backing from Hollywood and Creative Professionals<\/strong>: Hundreds of Hollywood stars, musicians, and authors are supporting the &#8220;Stealing Isn\u2019t Innovation&#8221; campaign, which has the backing of approximately 800 creative professionals and bands.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Accusation of Theft<\/strong>: The campaign accuses AI companies of using American creators&#8217; work to build AI platforms without authorization and regard for copyright laws, labeling this practice as theft rather than innovation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Call for Licensing Deals<\/strong>: The campaign calls on AI companies to pursue licensing deals and partnerships with the creative industries, highlighting that some companies like OpenAI and Warner Music Group have already taken that route.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Copyright and Fair Use<\/strong>: The reliance of AI models on data from the open web leads to ongoing disputes over copyright. While AI firms argue that &#8220;fair use&#8221; permits their practices, creative professionals insist on permissions and compensation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Legal Battles<\/strong>: There are dozens of lawsuits in the US over the integration of AI and copyright issues, including a case involving Scarlett Johansson whose vocal likeness was used by an AI without her consent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Organization<\/strong>: The campaign is organized by the Human Artistry Campaign, supported by the Writers Guild of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild \u2013 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>UK Government Action and Scrutiny<\/strong>: The UK government faced criticism for considering allowing AI firms to use copyright-protected work without seeking permission unless artists opted out. This plan is now under review following public pressure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This compiled summary covers the principal points without delving into specific copyrighted content from the article.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of theft | AI (artificial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0ec6ae0c43961da5c432045af3e5b8d5e5bcf60a\/110_0_2779_2224\/master\/2779.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ade5f2519a44a382d39f5e5fbc9a5b9d","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-180592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180594,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180592\/revisions\/180594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}