Declarations, statements and letters on AI, translation, writing, copyright and tools
Joint Declaration from Danish Rights Organizations
Human Creativity Must Not Be Undermined by AI
(Some texts are translated from Danish and Norwegian into English by Copilot, and postedited by myself.)
Human creativity has always been a cornerstone of Denmark’s cultural identity, and the creative work of artists enriches our society and shapes our worldview and values in countless ways.
However, human culture is now being significantly challenged by providers of artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly generative AI services. It is our responsibility as a society to preserve human artistic expression, and one of the most crucial tools to support that goal is copyright legislation.
OTTIAQ's position on artificial intelligence in translation. Translators' order cautions public about risks of using artificial intelligence for translation, link/
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Open letter to Veen Bosch & Keuning in regards to the usage of AI to translate books into English language, link/
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No-one left behind, no language left behind, no book left behind _ CEATL
Since the beginning of 2023, the spectacular evolution of artificial intelligence, and in particular the explosion in the use of generative AI in all areas of creation, has raised fundamental questions and sparked intense debate. While professional organisations are coordinating to exert as much influence as possible on negotiations regarding the legal framework for these technologies (see in particular the statement co-signed by thirteen federations of authors’ and performers’ organisations), CEATL has drafted its own statement detailing its stance on the use of generative AIs in the field of literary translation. Link/
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‘It gets more and more confused’: can AI replace translators?
A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm, link/
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AI, artificial intelligence, position
paper, SFT, Société française des traducteurs
Humans at the heart of technology
On 13 June, the Société française des
traducteurs (SFT), France’s union for professional translators and
interpreters, published a statement on artificial intelligence based on the
results of a survey of its members in November and December 2023. The SFT is
voicing the concerns of the professions it represents that humans should remain
at the heart of this technology and that, if they continue unchecked,
generative AI solutions used for translation and interpreting could lead to the
impoverishment of both language and of critical thinking, the very essence of
communication – and of our humanity. Read here/
Read the statement here/
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Commission publishes first draft of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence Code of Practice
The Commission has published the first draft of the General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Practice. Link here/
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Statement on AI training
“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” Link here/
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Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permission, link here/
The Danish Agency for Digital Government launches guidelines for public authorities and businesses on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). (Link in Danish) Link/
An audiobook featuring Knut Hamsun himself reading Hunger with the help of AI is sparking protests.
Knut Hamsun is being violated when publishers artificially recreate his voice to read Hunger.
Recently, on the author’s 165th birthday, an audiobook was released in which listeners can hear Knut Hamsun read his novel Hunger aloud—in Oxford English. That is to say, it’s not the authentic Hamsun, but a voice that has been artificially recreated using AI. (Link in Danish) Link/
Professional Translator vs. Google Translate: the case of Lars Larsen’s Autobiography
Translators fear and embrace New Technology
For some translators, technology causes technostress. For others, it’s an indispensable assistant. Discover the five types of technostress.
The translation industry is once again undergoing a transformation. New technology—particularly generative AI—has rapidly changed the conditions for how translators work. For some, it’s already an indispensable tool, while others fear it threatens their livelihood.
“No one can predict the future, but generative AI will definitely become a tool that many will use,” says Tina Paulsen Christensen, associate professor at Aarhus University, where she researches AI-based technologies. (Link in Danish) Link/
Written by: The Language Council of Norway
How good is ChatGPT in Norwegian, really? The Language Council has tested the robot’s language use in both Bokmål and Nynorsk. (Link in Norwegian) Link/
A report of the Register of Copyrights, January 2025
United States Copyright Office, link/
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Documento: Guía para definir una política editorial sobre la Inteligencia Artificial
Documento: "Pautas para definir una política editorial de uso de la Inteligencia Artificial" El desarrollo de la Inteligencia Artificial es probablemente el desafío más importante que nos toque vivir como humanidad en este siglo, e implicará transformaciones en todos los órdenes de la vida. Podemos criticarla y tener una mirada escéptica sobre el futuro al que nos va a llevar, y hay argumentos y razones sobradas para ello. Pero su impacto (positivo y negativo) es inevitable, y debemos comprenderla y aprender a convivir con esta tecnología. Los seres humanos hemos evolucionado de la mano de las tecnologías que hemos inventado. Pero la IA es especial, porque nos obliga a cuestionarnos cuál es nuestra esencia y qué nos distingue de nuestro entorno.
Por Daniel Benchimol- Director de Proyecto451
Descarga del documento aquí/
Curious Children Deserve Good Images
January 30, 2025 — by Lone Nikolajsen
“…‘An attempt that didn’t succeed.’” That’s how Kaya Hoff, director of the publisher Forlaget Carlsen, described to several media outlets her company’s decision regarding… previous publications are typically illustrated with photographs or drawings, especially when covering prehistoric animals.
This time, however, the illustrations were meant to depict animals in very specific situations. And as Sebastian Klein said on P1’s Orientering, “…the idea to use AI.” In Weekendavisen, he refers to the publication as “a misstep.”
Images Devoid of Fascination
As is often the case with missteps, the flaws in the images from the now-withdrawn first edition of Denmark’s 100 Craziest… are evident… (Link in Danish)… Link/
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article562709.html
Harmful Effects of Machine Translation and Their Mitigation: A Preliminary Taxonomy Mikel L. Forcada Prompsit Language Engineering While initially designed almost seventy years ago to enable the understanding of documents written in a foreign language—probably their main public use nowadays—machine translation is also routinely used to generate content to be published, ideally—but unfortunately not always—after careful editing by translation professionals. During the past few decades, the usefulness of machine translation systems has improved massively in these two usages, but their generalized deployment has brought about—and will bring about—many negative effects. This lecture, based on the chapter of the same title published in The Social Impact of Automating Translation, presents a preliminary taxonomy of the main harmful impacts of machine translation by adopting a structured analysis to identify harming agents, actions, harms, processes, and harmed parties—who did what to whom and how. It further discusses how these harms can be mitigated, and briefly comments on the legal protection available to harmed parties against these harming agents and the actual legal risk incurred by the harming agents. The aim of this analysis is to contribute to the debate of the issues that need to be addressed to foster a responsible and ethical deployment of machine translation. Mikel L. Forcada (Caracas, 1963) retired as a full professor of Computer Languages and Systems at the Universitat d’Alacant in 2024. He is founding partner (2006) and chief research officer of Prompsit Language Engineering. Prof. Forcada initiated the Apertium and Bitextor free/open-source projects. His latest research spans translation technologies and machine learning, with over 70 publications. Powerpoints from the webinar, link/ February 12th, 2025 Lecture in Catalan at 12.00 pm (Central European Time) Lecture in English at 1.00 pm (Central European Time) GMeet and “Germá Colon” Lecture Hall School of Humanities and Social Sciences Universitat Jaume I Spain Organizer: MA program in Researching Translation and Interpreting |
When: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025 ⋅ 12:00 – 14:30 (Central European Time - Madrid) |
Organizer: Esther Monzó Nebot monzo@uji.es ************************* |
- Please take special notice of the document on labeling of AI-produced texts that is linked to.
AI Images Distort Our Perception of Reality
There is a need for clear and explicit labeling of visual material generated with the help of artificial intelligence. (Link in Danish) link/
Films Created with AI Should Not Carry a Label at the Oscars – That Could Be a Problem
As the technology behind AI continues to improve, it is becoming possible to create films that closely resemble authentic, human-made productions. This could be a tragedy for cinematic art.
In Danish
Milliardforlig ml. AI og forfattere
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2025 12:08
The Rundown: The Trump administration just released https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf/ an AI Action Plan detailing 90+ policy actions to accelerate the country’s dominance in the sector, including details on AI infrastructure, regulation, and export policy shaped by 10K+ public comments. |
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Why it matters: The AI policy shift under the new administration is real, with the Trump administration’s Action Plan pushing an all-in growth strategy that aims to use deregulation and massive infrastructure investments to secure the lead over China — even if it means stripping safeguards in the process. "Frontier language models" are mentioned on page 11  |
Designating English as the official language of the United States of America -AI Action Plan
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7382318054082252800/
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Danish, English, German, French, Spanish. Link/
https://skrivsikkert.dk/oversaettelse/
Based on the examples below we see that the public sector in various countries are taking steps to introduce, or preparing to introduce, AI in the public sector.
This is of course about communication, transparency, quality of translation, interpreting and language use. About rights, options, dialogue, inclusion, freedom of expression. It is also about efficiency (efficiency for whom?) and about money.
This development will of course affect all workers of the word - and all citizens everywhere
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Machine Translation: Considerations and Cautions for Courts
Overview
This resource is designed to offer courts considerations and guidance when deciding if and how to incorporate machine translation into court workflows and services. Machine translation has great potential, but courts must think carefully about how to use it. As of the date of this resource, machine translation has not developed to the point where it can be relied on to convey complex information, legal concepts, or to relay information that could impact people’s ability to understand and exercise their legal rights in any context. Given this, courts should never use machine translation for court events, to convey legal or procedural information or to carry out complex, extended interactions. However, courts may be able to use machine translation for limited out-of-court interactions or to create drafts of documents to be reviewed by professional translators. Courts should also regularly evaluate use of machine translation technologies as part of their machine translation policies to understand the limitations and opportunities presented by particular technologies in use by by the court as well as whether particular uses of machine translation remain appropriate. The report may be downloaded from the website, or read here
https://1drv.ms/b/c/14ceef88efef5a5c/ETrwWgBalTtFjSB_urrPFNwBMgmyS0llyVsJRGskmH_iNQ?e=E0Id7V
Suggested Citation: G. Spulak. Machine Translation: Considerations and Cautions for Courts. [Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, 2025]
https://ncsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/tech/id/1265/?
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Regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities.
Scope - Description
The Home Office Migration & Borders System (which includes Asylum & Human Rights Operations, Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, Visas, Status & Immigration (VSI) and Passports, Citizenship & Civil Registration (PCCR)) is conducting market research to gather information regarding automated translation and transcription technologies to further understand both current and potential future market capabilities.
This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information purposes and does not constitute a Request for proposal, Request for Quotation, or invitation to bid.
The Home Office have identified three distinct but interrelated types of requirements. These include interpretation, translation and transcription.
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063187-2025
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FIT Position Paper on Machine Translation in the Age of AI - revised June 2025
Introduction In August 2019, the International Federation of Translators (FIT), the voice of associations of translators, terminologists and interpreters around the world, published a position paper on Machine Translation (MT) to draw attention to the consequences of using MT both for the users and for professional translators. Since then, the landscape of MT has evolved dramatically with the advent of generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and, in particular, large language models (LLMs). What was once an industry dominated by rule-based and statistical approaches has been transformed by AI technologies like neural networks and transformer architectures. FIT is committed to reflecting these developments and providing insights into the impacts, opportunities, and challenges these advancements bring to the translation profession.
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Designating English as the official language of the United States of America -AI Action Plan
Memorandum for all federal agencies. The Attorney General implementation of Executive Order No 14,224: Designating English as the official language of the United States of America - The Bondi Memo
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7382318054082252800/
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Report on WORDLY AI Interpretation - WHO interpretation team (INT)
Introduction
This report was initiated and conducted by the WHO interpretation team (INT) as a response to requests from WHO Technical Units (TUs) for recommendations and advice on the use of AI interpretation as a means to maintain multilingualism at meetings where funds were short.
After an initial assessment a posteriori of a few cases where AI interpretation was used and, particularly noting that it was not of sufficient quality to allow for use in WHO meetings and that it involved a significant reputational risk for the organization and for speakers at such events, INT decided to conduct a thorough study on AI interpretation in all 6 official languages. For that purpose, among others, an interpretation intern was recruited to assist in the process.
While AI interpretation involves numerous elements that require in-depth examination such as cost and technical integration with meeting systems as well as legal accountability, IT security, confidentiality and ethical issues related to inherent bias and the quasi-monopoly on AI sources, it was decided to limit the study to the field of expertise of INT and solely assess the quality of AI interpretation and reputational risks involved. The study also aims to set a baseline for future assessments of AI interpretation in the 6 languages, as it develops over time.
https://colinguarsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WHO-report-on-AI-interpreting.pdf
https://1drv.ms/b/c/14ceef88efef5a5c/ETK1Gbr4oUxAvsxXph8xJZ0BMGip2P-ncNKTbzzwmsv49g?e=p9pxHy
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Declarations, statements and letters on AI, translation, writing and copyright
https://myliuserichsensalle.blogspot.com/2024/10/flles-erklring-om-ophavsret-og-ai.html
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