Paper | Doty, Null, Knodel: CDT Position paper
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Publishers, authors and social media users want some way to prevent their content from being used to train large language models and other generative AI, because it hurts the market for their own work or because it could be invasive or otherwise harmful to them. Companies operating large AI models want to be able to access as much data as possible for training purposes, but may be willing to exclude content that the author doesn’t want involved, especially if it avoids either copyright suits or privacy complaints. Researchers want the ability to crawl the web for scientific and public interest purposes without getting caught up in ongoing copyright or AI training disputes. To achieve those ends for the stakeholders concerned, a standards-based solution for controlling use of online content for AI training seems possible and promising.