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British Director, Writer & Actor Bodies Urge Big Tech Firms To Stop Using Their Work In Generative AI Training


Directors UK, the Writers Guild of Great Britain & Equity via the Creators' Rights Alliance have written to big tech firms over generative AI models.

We speak on behalf of major creator-led groups, trade associations, and unions, between them representing over 500,000 individual members working as professional creators in the UK’s creative industries – from authors, artists, photographers and illustrators to translators, performers, musicians, and journalists. However, to safeguard human creativity, truthful content and the rights of authors, creators, and performers, it is vital that AI models are developed and used in a legal, sustainable, and ethical manner. The CRA notes with concern the use of vast amounts of work protected by copyright and related rights without the authorisation of the rightsholder(s) and creator(s) in the development (including so-called training), and operation of AI models.

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