In October, Penguin Random House joined forces with the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and more than 10,000 global creators and cultural institutions in signing a statement condemning the unauthorized use of creative and intellectual works by big tech companies for their generative AI models.
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works and must not be permitted,” the statement declares. In addition to our company, among the signatories were many Penguin Random House authors, including Chris Bohjalian, Antonia Fraser, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Emily St. John Mandel.
You can view the full list and sign the statement here.
As publishers, we champion human creativity and will always vigorously defend the intellectual property of our authors and creators. We maintain that the unauthorized use of copyrighted content to train generative AI models constitutes copyright infringement.
To enforce our position, we recently began a global initiative to include a statement on the copyright page of our titles affirming that “no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.”
We deeply appreciate the ongoing collaboration and support from our author and creator communities as we navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI.