{
  "id": 19848786,
  "title": "Stolen (Not Super) Intelligence: Why Congress Must Stop Big AI From Ripping Off Creators (Guest Column)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/stolen-not-super-intelligence-why-congress-must-stop-big-ai-from",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-13T18:29:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/pro/congress-stop-big-ai-ripping-off-creators-jerrold-nadler/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "For over three decades, I have served on the House Judiciary Committee, always striving to ensure that powerful corporations are held accountable for infringing upon American citizens' rights. As we confront rapid technological advancements, it is crucial for elected officials to remain vigilant and recognize that new technologies may not only disrupt markets but also generate detrimental socioeconomic consequences. Alas, some of the most prominent and affluent artificial intelligence firms are disregarding intellectual property (IP) rights. Instead of being \"super intelligence,\" as President Trump describes it, these AI models are more accurately characterized as \"stolen intelligence.\" Numerous lawsuits have been filed in the United States and around the world, accusing AI companies of violating copyright laws by training their models on millions of articles, songs, books, voice recordings, videos, and other creative works without obtaining proper permission or compensation. The Elvis AI Lawsuit, for instance, exemplifies the gravity of the situation. Furthermore, the Suno AI music generator faces multiple lawsuits from major record labels who claim that Suno's training data was obtained without consent. Despite the clear evidence of market harm, the Trump administration's Department of Justice has sided with the tech giants, siding with billionaires in Silicon Valley against the creative and cultural backbone of America. This includes thousands of journalists, authors, artists, actors, songwriters, and musicians. The DOJ's brief in support of Microsoft and OpenAI, as well as their argument in the New York Times v. Microsoft and OpenAI case, suggests that merely describing the practice as \"fair use\" is insufficient to justify mass intellectual property theft. If this argument gains traction, AI developers worldwide might exploit it to defend their unlawful practices. The consequences of this situation extend far beyond the free press. The music industry, for example, has already suffered from stolen intelligence. Suno, the most widely used AI music generator, is now under attack by major record labels, who allege that Suno trained its model on their recordings without permission. This is despite Suno's own admission in court that it used virtually all accessible high-quality music files on the internet to train its model. This illicit activity has led to widespread market harm across the creative sector, with streaming platforms inundated with AI-generated content. Moreover, improper use of AI technology has facilitated streaming fraud, costing artists and rightsholders significant sums of money, according to experts.",
  "summary": "Big Tech has built AI on stolen intelligence, and Trump’s DOJ is helping them get away with it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}