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If AI companies wanted to train their models on good content, they had a chance to create a second Renaissance. Funding artist collectives to create content for their models. Paying royalties to authors. Generally increasing the value of human art while creating a new form of expression.

Instead they do what every large corporation does and treat art like content. They are making loads of money off the backs of artists who are already underpaid and often undervalued and they didn't have the decency to ask for permission.

I know publishers don't treat authors much better. But I see this as NYT fighting for their journalists.