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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Harry Taylor

Minister reads out AI-generated Adele lyrics to draw attention to copyright risks

Adele during her 2016 performance at the Glastonbury Festival (PA/Yui Mok) - (PA Archive)

A Government minister has quoted AI-generated Adele lyrics to draw attention to how bots can come up with versions of existing artists’ songs without paying them any money.

Technology minister Sir Chris Bryant read out lines from a non-existent song by the Grammy-award winning British singer that he had got an AI company to write, as he announced a consultation on potential new copyright protections for creative industries to stop AI bots from using their material for free.

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