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Performers, illustrators and unions press lawmakers for data‑transparency and compensation during AB 412 public comment
Summary
Dozens of creators and union leaders described present job losses, cited concrete examples of alleged AI copying, and urged the legislature to require training‑data disclosure, notice mechanisms and compensation frameworks such as AB 412.
Sacramento — In the public‑comment portion of a joint informational hearing on AI and copyright, a large and diverse group of California creators — union representatives, illustrators, voice actors, animators and game artists — urged lawmakers to enact mandatory transparency so rights holders can verify whether their work was used to train generative AI models.
Speakers said they already see market effects. Danny Lin (The Animation Guild) cited a Civil Economics estimate that about 21% of film, TV and animation…
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