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Campaigners are concerned about content being used by AI firms to train models for free (Image: Getty)
The meteoric rise of brings a host of exciting possibilities for humanity, with the real prospect of the tech one day being used to power scientific breakthroughs once thought impossible, and banish deadly diseases.
It’s also been championed by leading companies as a powerful creative tool, with various apps released to the public enabling them to see their wildest imaginations rendered in audio and video, based on only a short line of text.
However, concerns have also emerged over AI giants wanting to freely use content to fuel their tools, with creators in various industries losing out.
The is among those , and is calling on the Government to enforce fair pay for the work that powers up AI.
It comes as a consultation by the government to address the tension between AI and copyright law comes to a close on Tuesday.
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According to the library, the consultation includes proposals to “establish an exception to copyright law for text and data mining, including for commercial activities”, as there is currently only “a narrow exception … for non-commercial research”.
Under the proposals, copyright holders would need to reserve their rights, or “opt out” to prevent their material from being used to train AI models.
Ministers argue that the approach would enable developers of these models to improve them using “high-quality material” without putting them at risk of infringing copyright, as well as helping Britain’s AI industry compete on the world stage.
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The government has also argued that rather than stripping rights from Brits, it would enhance the ability of rights holders to control their material and get paid for when it’s used.
It comes as a host of musicians, including Kate Bush and Blur’s Damon Albarn, released a silent album called Is This What We Want? on Tuesday in protest of the proposals.
Bush said in a statement: “In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?”
All profits from the album, released by more than 1,000 artists, will be donated to the charity Help Musicians.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has been approached for comment via email.