Sir Elton John has warned that artificial intelligence will “dilute and threaten young artists’ earnings even further” as he backed Sir Paul McCartney’s criticism of a proposed overhaul of copyright law.
The use of copyrighted material to help train artificial intelligence models is the subject of a newly launched Government consultation, which looks at how artists can license and be remunerated for the use of their material, along with improving trust between the creative and AI sectors.
