UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warns

TBI said it backed proposals to allow AI firms to train their models on copyright-protected material without permission, unless creatives opt out of the process. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images

Tony Blair’s thinktank has urged the UK to relax copyright laws in order to let artificial intelligence firms build new products, as it warned a tougher approach could strain the transatlantic relationship.

The Tony Blair Institute said enforcing firm copyright measures would strain ties with the US, which is poised to announce tariffs on UK goods on Wednesday.