The Communications and Digital Committee has published a report titled ‘AI, copyright and the creative industries,’ highlighting the threats generative AI poses to the UK creative industries due to unlicensed use of copyrighted material for training AI models, which undermines creators’ rights and protections. The report emphasizes that the UK copyright framework is not outdated but is challenged by a lack of transparency from AI developers regarding the use of protected works, and it calls for the government to reject a new commercial text and data mining exception with an opt-out model, enhance protections for identity and digital replicas, establish mandatory transparency for AI training data, foster a fair licensing market, and prioritize the development of sovereign AI models. Baroness Keeley, Chair of the Committee, stresses the importance of maintaining robust copyright protections to support the creative sector, which significantly contributes to the UK economy, and urges the government to focus on responsible AI development that respects creators’ rights.
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