Learnings and Ethical Considerations: A Resource for Arts Funders on Artificial Intelligence

Learnings and Ethical Considerations: A Resource for Arts Funders on Artificial Intelligence

A helpful resource for funders interested in moving ethically in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space

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As Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) transforms various sectors, it is crucial to evaluate both the pros and cons of AI-integrated projects. As arts’ funders, it is our duty to safeguard human creativity, ownership rights, and data privacy for creators and cultural communities in grantmaking processes.

Research to Impact Lab staff designed a workshop for the 2024 Grantmakers in the Arts' Support for Individual Artists Preconference: The Future is AI? Equipping Artists for the Digital Renaissance.

The R2I Lab’s workshop, Fast Technology, Slow Regulations: Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence, featured a discussion on current AI regulations as well as the ethical and social implications  amid rapid technology adoption and limited data protection measures.

The workshop featured tangible and immediate protections that funders can support to address  artists' intellectual property concerns and offered strategic possibilities for funders interested in supporting more structural changes impacting individual artists and vulnerable communities.

The workshop finished with a hands-on activity where funders could practice intentional discovery and due diligence on a project involving AI technology.

This resource expands on the workshop content, providing a comprehensive list of due diligence questions and implementation strategies for arts funders evaluating AI-integrated project proposals.

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Navigating the Copyright Claims Board: A Practical Guide for Creators

Navigating the Copyright Claims Board: A Practical Guide for Creators

A guide for creatives to better understand the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). This resource was created through a partnership between The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) and Stanford University's Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic (JIPIC)


 

 

Thank you so much for sharing your story! We will use these examples to shape our advocacy, research, and resources on this topic, and may reach out to you for more information, or to let you know about opportunities to advance social and economic protections for all.

Navigating the Copyright Claims Board: A Practical Guide for Creators would not have been possible without the support of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

 

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Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property: A Report to Congress

 

Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property

A Report to Congress

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. The U.S. Copyright Office promotes creativity and free expression by administering the nation’s copyright laws and by providing impartial, expert advice on copyright law and policy for the benefit of all.

NFTs provide both opportunities and challenges for creators. Learn more about both in this new report to Congress.

A Report  to Congress prepared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office about how intellectual property laws apply to NFTs and specific intellectual property-related challenges arising from the use of NFTs. Public comment gathered and prepared by CCI’s Advocacy program is cited (previously, Sol Center for Liberated Work).