Graham Lovelace
@glovelace.bsky.social
Keynote speaker | Writer | Strategist | I chart the impacts of generative AI on human-made media. Subscribe: https://grahamlovelace.substack.com
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
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February 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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"This proves what many have long suspected — that even the CEOs of the largest AI companies know their mass exploitation of copyrighted works is unfair and unsustainable.” @ednewtonrex.bsky.social
🚨ANTHROPIC CEO Dario Amodei once supported the idea that publishers and creators should be paid when their works are used to train AI models, according to an unsealed court document unearthed by Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social. That, and more here: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
Anthropic chief once backed giving creators equity stakes in AI models, document shows
#90 | PLUS: Microsoft provides update on AI content marketplace | OpenAI makes overture to local news orgs |✨AND: Vogue Japan: pull your finger out!
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February 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM
"This proves what many have long suspected — that even the CEOs of the largest AI companies know their mass exploitation of copyrighted works is unfair and unsustainable.” @ednewtonrex.bsky.social
🚨ANTHROPIC CEO Dario Amodei once supported the idea that publishers and creators should be paid when their works are used to train AI models, according to an unsealed court document unearthed by Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social. That, and more here: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
Anthropic chief once backed giving creators equity stakes in AI models, document shows
#90 | PLUS: Microsoft provides update on AI content marketplace | OpenAI makes overture to local news orgs |✨AND: Vogue Japan: pull your finger out!
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February 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🚨ANTHROPIC CEO Dario Amodei once supported the idea that publishers and creators should be paid when their works are used to train AI models, according to an unsealed court document unearthed by Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social. That, and more here: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
🚨THE UK’S DATA watchdog has been accused of dragging its heels in launching an investigation into the Grok sexualised deepfake scandal. Full story and what we think UK tech secretary Liz Kendall should do now: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/online-saf...
Online safety leader slams 'unjustifiable' delay in launch of UK privacy probe into Grok scandal
Criticism comes as Ofcom signals its separate Grok investigation could take months
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February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
🚨THE UK’S DATA watchdog has been accused of dragging its heels in launching an investigation into the Grok sexualised deepfake scandal. Full story and what we think UK tech secretary Liz Kendall should do now: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/online-saf...
🚨ONLINE PUBLISHERS are inching closer to victory in their battle to control how Google scrapes their content for its generative search products. Find out how, and catch up with the week's main stories in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/publishers...
Publishers cautiously welcome proposals giving them more control over Google's AI summaries
#89 | PLUS: Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3 billion | Deezer makes AI-detection tool available to other platforms |✨AND: The anti-AI protestor who emulated an AI model
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January 31, 2026 at 11:58 AM
🚨ONLINE PUBLISHERS are inching closer to victory in their battle to control how Google scrapes their content for its generative search products. Find out how, and catch up with the week's main stories in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/publishers...
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🚨A COALITION of creator groups is today calling on the UK government to implement immediate measures aimed at protecting the nation’s creative sector, or risk losing it. Charting Gen AI has the full story and comment. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creator-gr...
Creator groups implore UK government to act on AI protections or see creative sector collapse
Trade orgs propose ‘CLEAR’ regulatory framework for 'ethical, human-centred AI'
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January 30, 2026 at 10:29 AM
🚨A COALITION of creator groups is today calling on the UK government to implement immediate measures aimed at protecting the nation’s creative sector, or risk losing it. Charting Gen AI has the full story and comment. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/creator-gr...
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🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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EXCLUSIVE: UK government is embroiled in controversy over flagship AI training hub
Course not for UK used 'without permission' says e-learning firm
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January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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EXCLUSIVE: UK government is embroiled in controversy over flagship AI training hub
Course not for UK used 'without permission' says e-learning firm
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January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
🚨CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS an online training course on AI and intellectual property offered by the UK government as part of a flagship AI initiative. We’ve the full ‘you couldn’t make it up’ story.
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🚨GOOD NEWS for creators: ‘AI godfather’ Yann LeCun @yann-lecun.bsky.social says his alternative approach to machines capable of matching or exceeding human-level intelligence won't need to be trained on copyrighted content. Full story and pithy analysis: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/ai-godfath...
AI godfather says next-gen AI models won't need to be trained on copyrighted content
Yann LeCun tells Charting and UK lawmakers AI copyright issues will 'disappear'
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January 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🚨GOOD NEWS for creators: ‘AI godfather’ Yann LeCun @yann-lecun.bsky.social says his alternative approach to machines capable of matching or exceeding human-level intelligence won't need to be trained on copyrighted content. Full story and pithy analysis: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/ai-godfath...
🚨ELON MUSK’S AI chatbot Grok generated and shared over 3 million sexualised images of women and children in the 11 days before its editing feature was restricted, a study estimated this week. Full story and the week’s big developments: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/musks-sexu...
Musk's 'sexual abuse factory' generated over 3 million intimate images in 11 days, says study
#88 | PLUS: Human Native finds 'great fit' | 'Stealing isn't innovation' say creators | Swedish music charts block AI hit |✨AND: Inside the dark world of Anna's Archive
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January 24, 2026 at 9:08 AM
🚨ELON MUSK’S AI chatbot Grok generated and shared over 3 million sexualised images of women and children in the 11 days before its editing feature was restricted, a study estimated this week. Full story and the week’s big developments: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/musks-sexu...
‘Responsibility for the way Grok behaves rests squarely with xAI and ultimately with Musk. He’s shown, once again, he cannot be trusted with one of mankind’s most powerful and dangerous inventions. Sanctions must follow. And fast.’
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Musk retreats on Grok's sexualised images amid global backlash as regulatory probes continue
#87 | PLUS: Google won't pay for content on the web | Global search traffic falls by a third: RISJ | Bandcamp bans AI music and audio |✨AND: Matthew McConaughey protects his likeness from AI abuse
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January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
‘Responsibility for the way Grok behaves rests squarely with xAI and ultimately with Musk. He’s shown, once again, he cannot be trusted with one of mankind’s most powerful and dangerous inventions. Sanctions must follow. And fast.’
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🚨UK PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to Elon Musk saying he "will not stand" for the "absolutely disgusting and shameful” actions of his social media platform X. Full story and poll on whether Ofcom should ban X in the UK👇
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'If X can't control Grok, we will' says UK PM as new deepfake law to go into force within days
Grok's generation of intimate non-consensual imagery is a 'test case' for AI regulation
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January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🚨UK PRIME MINISTER Sir Keir Starmer has thrown down the gauntlet to Elon Musk saying he "will not stand" for the "absolutely disgusting and shameful” actions of his social media platform X. Full story and poll on whether Ofcom should ban X in the UK👇
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🚨ELON MUSK’S social network X provoked international outrage this week as its AI chatbot Grok flooded the platform with non-consensual sexualised images of women and minors. What might happen next? See Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/uk-says-xs...
UK says X's move to put its sexualised image-maker behind a paywall is 'insulting to victims'
#86 | Parents settle Character AI lawsuits as Kentucky sues | UMG and Nvidia plan 'antidote to AI slop' | Experts float new AI copyright protection |✨AND: Good news for creatives ... AI can't create!
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January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
🚨ELON MUSK’S social network X provoked international outrage this week as its AI chatbot Grok flooded the platform with non-consensual sexualised images of women and minors. What might happen next? See Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/uk-says-xs...
Thinking about the Minneapolis video and the Trump-Noem false narrative that followed soon afterwards. Orwell foretold it in 1984.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Americans: read it, while you can.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Americans: read it, while you can.
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Thinking about the Minneapolis video and the Trump-Noem false narrative that followed soon afterwards. Orwell foretold it in 1984.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Americans: read it, while you can.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Americans: read it, while you can.
🚨ON THE EVE of a new year Charting Gen AI picks five stories from 2025 that are likely to shape the course of events during 2026. Our selection straddles regulation, transparency, licensing, chatbot safety and copyright lawsuits. Happy New Year everyone!🥂
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Five stories from '25 that'll shape gen AI in '26
Across regulation, transparency, content licensing, chatbot safety and copyright lawsuits
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December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🚨ON THE EVE of a new year Charting Gen AI picks five stories from 2025 that are likely to shape the course of events during 2026. Our selection straddles regulation, transparency, licensing, chatbot safety and copyright lawsuits. Happy New Year everyone!🥂
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🚨SIX AUTHORS including John Carreyrou, investigative reporter at The New York Times, are taking on the might of America’s AI establishment, accusing Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI and Perplexity of using pirated copies of their books to train LLMs. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pulitzer-p...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and fellow writers sue AI giants accusing them of 'copyright theft'
Lawsuit takes aim at recent class actions saying they 'serve defendants, not creators'
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December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨SIX AUTHORS including John Carreyrou, investigative reporter at The New York Times, are taking on the might of America’s AI establishment, accusing Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI and Perplexity of using pirated copies of their books to train LLMs. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pulitzer-p...
🚨CREATOR GROUPS and their allies are calling on the UK government to make its intentions on AI and copyright clear, and drop its support for a copyright exception in favour of Big Tech. That story all the week’s key developments in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pressure-g...
Pressure grows on UK government to finally get off the fence on AI and copyright
#85 | Equity members back action over AI | Hollywood launches AI coalition | Animators raise Disney AI concerns | WaPo staffers voice AI podcast fears | Adobe sued over AI |✨AND: Another fine AI mess?
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December 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨CREATOR GROUPS and their allies are calling on the UK government to make its intentions on AI and copyright clear, and drop its support for a copyright exception in favour of Big Tech. That story all the week’s key developments in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pressure-g...
Thrilled to appear on BBC News’ AI Decoded to talk about AI and copyright. Find out why I believe the UK government's preferred option in a consultation on the future of copyright in the era of generative AI only received the support of 3% of respondents. Link to show: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
December 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thrilled to appear on BBC News’ AI Decoded to talk about AI and copyright. Find out why I believe the UK government's preferred option in a consultation on the future of copyright in the era of generative AI only received the support of 3% of respondents. Link to show: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
🚨HUNDREDS OF ICONIC Disney characters are being licensed to Sora in a breakthrough deal struck today with the short-form video platform’s owner, OpenAI.
Full story and pithy analysis in Charting Gen AI's Quick Take. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/disney-str...
Full story and pithy analysis in Charting Gen AI's Quick Take. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/disney-str...
Disney strikes watershed licensing deal with OpenAI over short-form video platform Sora
In a joint statement OpenAI commits to ‘protecting the rights of creators’
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December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨HUNDREDS OF ICONIC Disney characters are being licensed to Sora in a breakthrough deal struck today with the short-form video platform’s owner, OpenAI.
Full story and pithy analysis in Charting Gen AI's Quick Take. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/disney-str...
Full story and pithy analysis in Charting Gen AI's Quick Take. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/disney-str...
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Using Gen AI can really be brand damaging - as @glovelace.bsky.social points out in this piece at @auworks.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Using Gen AI can really be brand damaging - as @glovelace.bsky.social points out in this piece at @auworks.bsky.social
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THE UK COULD be heading for a Hollywood 2023-style strike over actors’ AI protections. We have the full inside story in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe!
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Performers' union Equity ballots members on potential strike action over AI protections
#83 | PLUS: The New York Times and Mediaset sue Perplexity | UK minister admits regulatory gap over lethal AI chatbots |✨AND: Luxury brand Valentino goes Christmas slopping with 'baffling' AI ad
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December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
THE UK COULD be heading for a Hollywood 2023-style strike over actors’ AI protections. We have the full inside story in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe!
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🚨Musk's latest model fails on the simplest of challenges, including maps, labelled diagrams, left-handed writers, clocks, glasses brimming with water, and darts! We took Grok 4.1 for a spin, and found it map-tacularly wrong! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/lets-have-...
Let's have fun ... with Grok 4.1! Musk's latest model fails on the simplest of challenges
We take the latest version of xAI's 'exceptionally capable' chatbot for a spin
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨Musk's latest model fails on the simplest of challenges, including maps, labelled diagrams, left-handed writers, clocks, glasses brimming with water, and darts! We took Grok 4.1 for a spin, and found it map-tacularly wrong! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/lets-have-...
🚨PRIVACY GROUPS, civil society organisations and rights campaigners are urging the European Commission to think again on plans to pause full implementation of Europe’s landmark AI legislation and dilute other digital laws. Full story and weekly round-up: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/campaigner...
Campaigners call on European Commission to ditch plans to pause AI Act and dilute digital laws
#80 | Sora 2 is 'inherently unsafe' | OpenAI loses landmark copyright ruling | Deezer: listeners can't spot AI music | TIME launches AI agent | LeCun to quit? |✨AND: AI snafu causes red faces at Dawn
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November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨PRIVACY GROUPS, civil society organisations and rights campaigners are urging the European Commission to think again on plans to pause full implementation of Europe’s landmark AI legislation and dilute other digital laws. Full story and weekly round-up: grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/campaigner...
🚨CREATORS ARE celebrating after a court in Germany ruled that ChatGPT violates European copyright laws by reproducing lyrics used to train OpenAI’s generative models. Charting Gen AI has the full story with pithy analysis.
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Music rights group scores landmark legal victory in copyright battle with OpenAI
Composer tells Charting court's ruling is 'the best outcome we could have hoped for'
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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨CREATORS ARE celebrating after a court in Germany ruled that ChatGPT violates European copyright laws by reproducing lyrics used to train OpenAI’s generative models. Charting Gen AI has the full story with pithy analysis.
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