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Damon Albarn, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush Release Silent Album to Protest Proposed U.K. AI Law

Damon Albarn, Annie Lenox and Kate Bush are among 1,000 artists who released a silent protest album in protest of a controversial U.K. AI music law.

Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens, The Clash and Hans Zimmer are among 1,000 artists featured on a new collaborative album surprise released on Tuesday, but you won’t hear any of their music. The album, called Is This What We Want?, is a protest record aimed at the UK government, which is considering changes to the law that would grant artificial intelligence companies permission to use copyrighted works unless artists specifically opt out. The major labels sued two of the most popular AI music generation services — Suno and Udio — last year, claiming the companies infringed thousands of works to train their models without a license.

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