Trending Now - Cate Blanchett Launches Nonprofit to Tackle AI Consent Issues

WHO:

Variety - Cate Blanchett co-founded RSL Media, a non-profit organization.

Variety - Advocates and supporters of RSL Media include Javier Bardem, George Clooney, Viola Davis, Tom Hanks, Dame Helen Mirren, Steven Soderbergh, Kristen Stewart, Meryl Streep, and Dame Emma Thompson.

WHAT:

Variety - RSL Media aims to provide a human consent framework for the use of AI in creative work, name, image, and likeness.

Techmeme - RSL Media announced the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for the use of people's work or likeness.

WHY:

Techmeme - The Human Consent Standard will allow individuals to set terms for how AI systems can use their likenesses and creative works.

(UPDATED May 13, 2026 01:35 UTC)

Cate Blanchett has co-founded RSL Media, a non-profit organization that aims to establish a human consent framework for the use of AI in creative work, name, image, and likeness. The initiative has garnered support from notable advocates including Javier Bardem, George Clooney, and Meryl Streep, among others. RSL Media recently announced the Human Consent Standard, which will empower individuals to set terms for how AI systems can utilize their likenesses and creative works.