OpenAI Exec Won't Comment On When It Will Start Paying Artists. Hint: It's Never

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Courtesy of SXSW

Peter Deng, OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT, sat down at SXSW this week get a few softballs lobbed at him. Instead, the host, Josh Constine, asked him a simple question, point blank: will ChatGPT ever pay artists for using their content?

“That’s a great question,” he said. The crowd of creators in the audience responded effusively. “I’m hearing …