The emergence and rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the digital environment has opened up a new scenario for European authors, marked by challenges such as transparency and copyright protection, a context in which specific tools are beginning to emerge to reinforce guarantees.
This paradigm shift, with AI as the main driver of transformation, represents “a great opportunity” for authors “as long as it respects them,” Alexandre Leforestier, CEO of the digital reading and writing platform Panodyssey, told EFE.
“AI is transforming creativity, reading experiences, and the relationship between authors and audiences,” and the sector must “intelligently accept this reality,” Leforestier said.
Key legislative frameworks
At the community level, the European Union has put in place key legislative frameworks, such as the Digital Services Act (DSA), which regulates the activity of online platforms to strengthen the security and transparency of the digital environment, and the Artificial Intelligence Act, the first comprehensive framework aimed at ensuring that AI systems are safe, ethical, and reliable.
In this context, Leforestier argues that Panodyssey is not limited to “adapting to new regulations, but also actively helping to shape them.” In response to these challenges, the platform proposes a Transparency Notice, developed within the framework of the European consortium CREA Trust AI, co-financed by the European Union.
It is “a unique technology tool that allows authors to clearly, publicly, and technically define the conditions under which their works can be used” in terms of reading, indexing, use by AI, licensing, attribution, and remuneration, Leforestier said.
An “operational standard”
“While the AI Act establishes principles,” Panodyssey offers an “operational standard,” the platform’s founder explained. He claimed that issues such as copyright protection and fair economic balance “are not slogans, but functional blocks natively integrated” into its technology.
The project plans to launch a new digital framework in January 2026 based on six key blocks—transparency, rights, AI use, licensing, attribution, and traceability—with the aim of “laying the foundations for a European standard” for online reading and creation.
For Leforestier, artificial intelligence is not a “black box,” but a governed, explainable, and accountable tool. He emphasized that the platform, through the CREA Trust AI laboratory, Panodyssey, which has collaborated with EFE in the publication of this content, is already working with major global players in the AI sector, such as Google, OpenAI (ChatGPT), and Mistral, among others.
“The era of the digital Wild West is back with a vengeance, and this plundering must end. We must negotiate licenses, represent the millions of authors who have been plundered, and do so with complete transparency. What we did for music twenty years ago, we must now do for text,“ Leforestier said, stressing that ”with Panodyssey’s Transparency Notice, we are making copyright readable, traceable, and usable by AI.” EFE