Dominique de Villepin: Mandatory prior consent from authors for any AI training and transparency of corpora
Proposal put forward by Dominique de Villepin on July 23, 2026. Topic: AI, Culture, Media and Copyright. The observatory also publishes quotes from 8 other public figures on this topic.
This is coupled, in the face of artificial intelligence, with fair remuneration for authors vis-à-vis machines: mandatory prior consent to any training, reversing the logic of an exception with a mere right to opt out, transparency of corpora, collective licenses negotiated by collecting societies, direct and transparent remuneration.
Original quote (French)
Cela se double, face à l’intelligence artificielle d’une rémunération juste des auteurs face aux machines : consentement préalable obligatoire à tout entraînement, en renversant la logique d’exception avec simple faculté de retrait, transparence des corpus, licences collectives négociées par les sociétés de gestion, rémunération directe et transparente.Source: lafrancehumaniste.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Retailleau: Favoring AI that speaks the French language rather than importing the culture of other countries
- David Lisnard: Asked about the Thélyson Orélien affair, Lisnard sees AI as a writing tool and laziness of thought as the main danger
- Emmanuel Maurel: Making AI companies contribute to cultural creation (rights on works)
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Regulate cultural generative AI and compensate creators whose work is used
- Marine Tondelier: Give the polling commission access to weighting algorithms and the right to publish them
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Promoting AI products based on the French language
- Olivier Becht: Require platforms to pay for content by strengthening copyright, including in the face of AI
- Raphaël Glucksmann: Protecting Copyright in the Face of Generative AI Platforms
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