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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Martin Toledo

Robert Thomson Blasts AI Companies for 'Stealing the News' — Inside the News Corp CEO's Explosive War on Silicon Valley

Robert Thomson (Credit: Robert Thomson/LinkedIn)

News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson has accused major artificial intelligence companies of 'stealing the news' by using copyrighted material from publishers to train their language models without compensation.

Speaking at the Times Tech Summit in London this week, Thomson warned that the rapid rise of AI technology poses a serious threat to the financial sustainability of journalism worldwide.

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