Beyond the ‘brazen theft’ of news: The entire $12 trillion creative economy may now be at risk from AI

Title: Beyond the ‘brazen theft’ of news: The entire $12 trillion creative economy may now be at risk from AI Published: 2026-06-02T19:44:00.0000000+00:00 Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/beyond-the-brazen-theft-of-news-the-entire-12-trillion-creative-economy-may-now-be-at-risk-from-ai-7c993830?mod=mw_rss_topstories Lukas I. Alpert Miguel Medina/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Summary: AI firms heavily use news and other creative content to provide answers — but New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says their resistance to pay for it amounts to a repackaging of “stolen goods.”