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Fox Entertainment Exec Says AI Should ‘Support Human Creativity’ as Studio Joins ARIAM Content Coalition
Fox Entertainment has joined the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM), a coalition advocating for guardrails on artificial intelligence in creative industries, becoming the latest studio to publicly commit to using AI responsibly. The move reflects a wider push among entertainment and media companies to balance embracing AI's commercial potential with managing concerns about its impact on jobs, rights and creative work.
Fox's Jennifer Jones, senior vice president of business and legal affairs, said the company sees AI as a way to "support human creativity" and unlock new storytelling, while backing ARIAM's mission. ARIAM's existing members include Disney, the New York Times, Adobe, Condé Nast, the Financial Times, ITV, the BBC and Wiley, and the coalition was founded by former Netflix and Warner Bros executive Victoria Furniss, who has engaged with the European Parliament and is arranging talks with the UK government. Fox has also recently invested in microseries startup Holywater and launched its own AI advertising platform, Fox AdStudio, while Furniss said the coalition is in talks with prospective members from gaming and sports.
In short
- Fox Entertainment joins AI ethics coalition ARIAM, alongside Disney and others.
- Fox exec says AI should "support", not replace, human creativity.
- Coalition is expanding, courting gaming and sports industry members.
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The case for
Generative AI poses genuine risks to creative professionals and creators whose work trains these systems without consent or fair compensation. Establishing industry guardrails and joining coalitions like ARIAM reflects a commitment to developing AI responsibly—protecting workers from displacement, respecting intellectual property rights, and ensuring human creativity remains valued and economically viable within creative industries rather than becoming commodified input for automated systems.
The case against
Whilst protecting creator rights matters, excessive caution risks stifling AI's transformative potential to enhance storytelling, reduce production costs, and create opportunities impossible through traditional means. Rather than preemptive restrictions, energy should focus on ensuring creators retain control over their work and receive fair compensation, allowing AI to develop as a tool augmenting human creativity instead of adopting defensive postures that entrench existing industry power structures and constrain genuine innovation.
Explained simply
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to make and distribute creative work, from stories and images to adverts. Its growth has raised questions about how it may affect creative jobs, who controls the work used to develop AI systems, and how audiences should be informed.
ARIAM is a coalition that brings together media and creative organisations to discuss safeguards for AI use. Its members include broadcasters, publishers and technology companies, and it was founded by Victoria Furniss, a former Netflix and Warner Bros executive.
Fox Entertainment is a US television studio that makes and distributes entertainment. Its interest in AI sits alongside a wider industry effort to explore new commercial and storytelling uses while addressing concerns about rights and the role of human creators.
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