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

UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material

AI and machine learning
The creative industries want the onus to be on generative AI developers to seek permission, agree licences and pay rights holders if they want to train algorithms. Photograph: Wodthikorn Phutthasatchathum/Alamy

Writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers and newspapers have rejected the Labour government’s plan to create a copyright exemption to help artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms.

In a joint statement, bodies representing thousands of creatives dismissed the proposal made by ministers on Tuesday that would allow companies such as Open AI, Google and Meta to train their AI systems on published works unless their owners actively opt out.

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