Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Nobody expected creatives would be the first to face the future, and maybe the first to win important victories which others who follow may cite as precedence. We know GenAI is trained on data produced by journalists, authors, videographers, photographers, musicians and artists - entirely without consultation, consent or compensation, so court cases like Anthropic are significant milestones for the rest of us. Perhaps this successful trial of UBI for artists in Ireland might be another one.