OpenAI has failed to meet its 2025 deadline for Media Manager, a tool designed to allow photographers to exclude their work from the company’s training data. The tool was meant to identify copyrighted content and address OpenAI’s copyright disputes, but little progress has been made. Critics like Ed Newton-Rex argue that Media Manager puts the burden on creators to remove their work, potentially enabling mass exploitation without permission or compensation. Despite challenges in developing such a tool, OpenAI has remained silent on Media Manager’s progress since August, leaving many creators feeling frustrated and unsupported.
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