New York Times: AI “has raided civilization’s entire corpus of original works”

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In a speech before the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, France, New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger warned that A.I. companies are committing “a brazen theft of intellectual property .. an act that also poses a danger to the future of books, movies, music, research and an array of other fields.”

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NYTimes Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, speaking before the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress, Marseille, France. June 1, 2026. Click to access speech video and transcript. Image source: Screen shot, The New York Times

Further reading

A.I., Journalism and the Uncertain Future of the Public Square. (Speech transcript with video). June 1, 2026. by A.G.Sulzberger, Publisher, The New York Times. Given at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress. Marseille, France

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