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Iss Paul McCartney, Richard Curtis and Dua Lipa are among the 400 top musicians, artists and media executives who wrote letters to Prime Minister Kiel in search of help to prevent copyright from being breached by artificial intelligence tools.
The letter calls for transparency and protection as to whether artists’ work is being used to train AI models, retroactively following amendments to the bill introduced by crossbench peer Barones Beavan Kidron next week.
Kidron’s revisions will force the tech giant to tell the copyright holders which individuals are working, from music and books to films and newspapers. This allows businesses and artists to “have responsibility for AI companies for the massive theft of creative works that are continuing to occur,” the letter states.
The letter also has support from Coldplay, Ir. Elton John, Russell T. Davis, Antony Gormley and top executives of news groups such as The Telegraph and The Times. The Financial Times also signed the letter.
Amendments to the Data (Usage and Access) bill were defeated in the House this week, but will be voted again in the House on Monday.
The government has made its own amendments to ensure an economic impact assessment of various options, but the minister has withdrawn from its previous “favorable” position.
Officials claim that all the options are on the table after consulting with various suggestions earlier this year.
However, the government remains concerned that tech groups will ultimately be allowed to override copyright rules unless the government provides legislative assistance to ensure transparency and protection.
The letter warns that if artists are forced to give up their jobs, the UK will “lose our future income, our status as a creative power, and the enormous growth opportunity to hope for the hope that the technology of daily life will embody the value and law of Britain.”
The use of the data bill is the latest attempt to protect copyright from the use of copyright by AI groups without attribution or payment.
Kidron said the UK’s creative industry should not be “sacrificed to the interests of only a handful of US tech companies.”
She added: “The UK is in a unique position to attract global players in the international AI supply chain, but to grasp the opportunities, we need the transparency provided by my revision.
“The theft of mass copyrights will not damage the economy for years to come,” said Kevin Brennan Lord of Canton, a former lawmaker and worker peer.
The government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
