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“Singaporean writers are resisting their government’s request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM. Writers say there is little clarity on compensation and how the material will be used. It is rare for a country to seek the consent of writers, and Singapore may have to settle for lower-quality data to train its LLM, if there is major resistance.” —
, . "Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 14 May. 2024. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.
APA
, . (2024, May. 14). Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/writers-and-publishers-in-singapore-reject-a-government-plan-to-train-ai-on-their-work/
Chicago
, . "Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 14, 2024. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/writers-and-publishers-in-singapore-reject-a-government-plan-to-train-ai-on-their-work/.
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