Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

Artists protest opposite parliament calling on the government to ditch plans to allow AI firms to use their work without payment. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection against artificial intelligence companies or risk losing a key piece of legislation.

The government suffered a fifth defeat in the House of Lords over controversial plans to allow the AI companies to train their models using copyrighted material.