News Corp Builds ‘Moat With Crocodiles’ to Fight AI Intellectual Property Theft

‘We are ... confident about our ability to create compelling premium content ... in an age in which many AI companies will be recycling rubbish, said CEO.

The News Corporation building stands in midtown Manhattan in New York City, on July 22, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Global media giant News Corporation continues to build a moat around its media assets against the theft of intellectual property by big artificial intelligence tools hungry for data and content.

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, an Australian, responded on Feb. 6 to concerns in the United States about the AI threat to legacy media outlets in the information and news space.