Publishing platform Medium will ban AI-generated content from its paid partner program under a new policy that goes into effect on May 1, 2024.
All content and stories generated using artificial intelligence will be removed from payroll and could see users removed from the monetization platform.
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The Medium team claims to have “recently defined and clarified our specific policies around the different uses of AI-generated content and technologies, and what is allowed in the Medium Partner program.
People are warned that if they used AI to write the full article or story, as a partner member their work will be deleted and potentially their program registration revoked.
THE artificial intelligence content policy differs for those who do not earn money from their work published on Medium.
In its policy, the American platform states “AI-powered writings disclosed as such and not behind the paywall are eligible for general distribution, but they are not eligible for Boost distribution.
If the work is not properly disclosed, it will be distributed network only and therefore will not be eligible for wider publication.
The publisher explains it as a thorough detection process to identify AI writings because they use a wide variety of tools combined with human review.
Medium celebrates the milestone of one million members
The policy update comes as the platform sees a million members on the site for the first time.
Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine has made a decision blog post to thank members as the milestone was reached: “There was a time in our not-so-distant past when a million members seemed impossible.
“So for us, we feel a combination of relief and disbelief: ‘Wow, did that really just happen?’
…And to every Medium member. Thank you for being part of this community. We are so happy you are here.
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