At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, People Inc CEO Neil Vogel condemned Google as the media industry's "worst" offender for using copyrighted content without compensation to train its AI tools. He highlighted that while competitors like OpenAI have negotiated payment for content, Google has refused. Vogel noted a significant traffic decline to publisher websites due to Google's AI driven content delivery. He asserted, "publishers are now trading analog dollars for AI pennies," signaling a troubling trend for the media industry.
At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, People Inc CEO Neil Vogel condemned Google as the media industry's "worst" offender for using copyrighted content without compensation to train its AI tools. He highlighted that while competitors like OpenAI have negotiated payment for content, Google has refused. Vogel noted a significant traffic decline to publisher websites due to Google's AI driven content delivery. He asserted, "publishers are now trading analog dollars for AI pennies," signaling a troubling trend for the media industry.