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Stop AI pirates from stealing our hits, BRIT Awards stars plead
Some of the biggest names in British music united at last night's Brit awards to back a campaign to stop AI plundering the UK's creative genius.
In a stark message to Labour, the award organisers put a photo booth on the red carpet for stars to voice protests to plans to give artificial intelligence (AI) developers an exception to copyright law. Government proposals to make sweeping changes to copyright law would give tech firms free access to British films, books, music and news to train AI models – without needing to pay or seek permissions from the people who created or own the rights. In his call to arms, the musician, who created some of the most distinctive guitar riffs in history, said: ‘If we allow AI to co-opt the heart of human creativity, we are not ushering in a bold new era – we are signing the death warrant of originality itself.’
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