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Music stars release silent album in protest against UK AI copyright plans

The proposal in the UK seeks to relax copyright laws allowing AI developers to train their models on any material to which they have lawful access [File: Jorge Garcia/Reuters]

More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Cat Stevens and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest of the proposed changes to British copyright laws around artificial intelligence (AI), which they warned could lead to legalised music theft.

The album, titled Is This What We Want, was launched on Tuesday and features recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, as backlash against the plan grows in the United Kingdom.

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