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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney said it would be a ‘very sad thing indeed’ if young composers and writers could not protect their intellectual property. Photograph: Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP

Paul McCartney has backed calls for laws to stop mass copyright theft by companies building generative artificial intelligence, warning AI “could just take over”.

The former Beatle said it would be “a very sad thing indeed” if young composers and writers could not protect their intellectual property from the rise of algorithmic models, which so far have learned by digesting mountains of copyrighted material.

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