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In a monumental stride toward combating misinformation and preserving the authenticity of visual content, renowned camera manufacturer Leica has introduced the world's first camera with built-in Content Credentials – the Leica M11-P. In this era of advanced technology and rampant misinformation, ensuring the integrity of digital content has never been more crucial.

The comprehensive analysis of the news agencies industry in 2022 reveals interesting trends and developments within the news agency business. The report provides valuable insights into the financial dynamics, strategies, and challenges that defined the media landscape during the past year. The study has been run by EANA in partnership with the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, among EANA’s 32 members, all leading news agencies in European countries.

In view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting on October 24, GESAC has issued a statement emphasising the importance of record-keeping and transparency obligations concerning the use of copyright-protected content by generative AI models. These obligations are crucial to ensuring responsible and trustworthy AI systems, creating a level playing field, and fostering European innovation and artistic creation. Read on for the full statement.

In a significant development for image rights owners, the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard 2023.1 has introduced a solution to the growing concern of generative AI using copyrighted assets without permission. Many rights holders found their images being utilised as training data for AI image creators, prompting the need for a standardised way to express that such use is prohibited.

In a pivotal meeting with DG Connect - Copyright Unit, CEPIC emphasised the need for transparent and ethical AI practices. We champion responsible AI legislation, ensuring competitiveness while upholding global ethical standards. Stay tuned for updates on our proactive initiatives in shaping a morally sound AI landscape.

In the fast-paced world of AI, our recent participation in the Trilogue Negotiations on the AI Act in Brussels highlighted a critical topic: transparency. At CEPIC, our speaker, Emily Shelley, MD of Alamy, emphasised the importance of clear rules for AI companies.

Vecpho will celebrate an event in Bangkok focused on stock media professionals on October 28th, 2023. The main goal of this event is to create a space where we, as a representative agency, stock media professionals and stock media sites can connect and share experiences together. It will consist of a day with current talks, round tables, workshops, questions and answers to industry leaders, networking, presentation of new developments and much more.

AI image generation technology opens up exciting creative possibilities for our customers, but it must be approached in the right way to protect the interests of Alamy content creators. As part of our commitment to exploring ethical opportunities within AI we are pleased to announce our participation in the ‘The Fair Diffusion Program’.