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Tech companies should be treated as publishers and should no longer be allowed to behave like \u201cfree riders on the bus\u201d when it comes to using copyrighted content to train AI tools, an Oireachtas committee has been told.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the Oireachtas committee on Artificial Intelligence during a meeting on how AI is affecting truth and democracy, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Assistant Secretary S\u00e9amus Dooley said platforms should no longer be allowed to claim they \u201conly lit the match\u201d when they \u201cset the place on fire\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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