Rank 12 of 17

AI taking creators' work

AI trained on, copying or imitating books, art, music, journalism or other creative work without the owner's permission or payment. A fake of a real person's face or voice is a deepfake.

62

on the Fear Index

Bills5

Lobbying filings208

News702

Wikipedia4.3K

The receipts

4,344Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days

702news articles about it in the last 30 days

5bills, resolutions, rules and orders cite it since January 2025, in 3 states and Congress

1new government controls written into those bills

208federal lobbying filings name it, past year

In their own words

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

“prohibits certain commercial uses of digital representations of copyrighted work that has associated content provenance information without the consent”
S. 1396, CongressNot passedLabel or AI notice2 offices
“Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement By Artificial Intelligence Companies And Users”
LD 109, MainePassed
“video, audio, text and data from a covered publication used to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service”
S 8331, New YorkNot passed
“generative artificial intelligence systems or services to post certain information on the developer's website regarding video, audio, text and data from a covered publication used to train”
A 8595, New YorkNot passed
“a developer of a generative artificial intelligence model to make available on its internet website a mechanism allowing a rights owner to request information about the developer's use of the rights owner's covered materials”
AB 412, CaliforniaNot passed

What it's buying

The government controls written into the bills that cite this fear.

1Labels and notices of AI use0 passed1bill

Who benefits

Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.

1Federal Trade CommissionAgencymost common control: Label or AI notice1bill
2State Attorneys GeneralAttorney generalmost common control: Label or AI notice1bill

Everyone else lobbying

Companies, trade groups, think tanks, unions and other groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.

1Recording Industry Association of AmericaLobbying client16 filings
2MetaAI company12 filings
3News Media AllianceLobbying client9 filings
4Association of American PublishersLobbying client8 filings
5International Alliance of Theatrical Stage EmployeesLobbying client8 filings
6AdobeAI company7 filings

Money, bills and attention

Money on filings naming it

Bills citing it

Wikipedia views

Each dot is one bill. Sources: lobbying filings on LDA.gov that name this fear, the bills that cite it, and Wikipedia readership of its articles.

Latest on this fear

The bills

The ones carrying the most controls, first.

S. 1396, CongressNot passedContent Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025Label or AI noticeRead it on congress.gov
S 8331, New YorkNot passedEnacts the "New York artificial intelligence transparency for journalism act"Read it on nyassembly.gov
A 8595, New YorkNot passedEnacts the "New York artificial intelligence transparency for journalism act"Read it on nyassembly.gov
AB 412, CaliforniaNot passedGenerative artificial intelligence: training data: copyrighted materials.Read it on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
LD 109, MainePassedResolve, Directing The Maine Arts Commission To Study Federal And National Efforts To Protect Artists From Copyright Infringement By Artificial Intelligence…Read it on legislature.maine.gov

All 5 bills citing it, with filters