#industry-accountability

#industry-accountability

"I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well," Roan wrote. "No artist, agent, or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values." The "Good Luck, Babe!" singer said she respected and appreciated staff at the agency but that the decision reflected her "belief that meaningful change in our industry requires accountability and leadership that earns trust."

The nascent AI industry has attracted untold hundreds of billions of dollars in investment over the past few years, but it's still operating in a near-total regulatory vacuum. That's not to say it's had no negative impact. The tech has been linked to a wave of mental health breakdowns, suicides and even murder - and that's without getting into allegations about the sector's surveillance of users, copyright violations, and other alleged negative effects on users and society.