Recently, more than 400 well-known Hollywood creatives, including director Ron Howard, actor Cate Blanchett and musician Paul McCartney, jointly submitted a letter to the White House, opposing the request to open AI and Google to conduct AI training on copyright materials. They believe that the U.S. global leadership in the AI field should not come at the expense of weakening the creative industry. The letter emphasized that the art and entertainment industry provides more than 2.3 million jobs and generates $229 billion in wages each year, which is an important manifestation of American democratic values. Creatives warn that AI companies' attempts to obtain training data by weakening copyright protection will seriously damage the U.S. economic and cultural power. Open AI and Google argue that strict adherence to the intellectual property framework may make the United States lag behind China in the AI competition, and call for a "balanced copyright rule" reform. Creatives believe that AI companies are actually seeking special exemptions, calling on them to negotiate reasonable licensing with copyright holders, and stressing that American cultural success stems from respect for intellectual property rights.
