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Thom Yorke and Julianne Moore join thousands of creatives in AI warning


Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals’ work to train AI models

Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus, the actor Julianne Moore, the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke are among 10,500 signatories of a statement from the creative industries warning artificial intelligence companies that unlicensed use of their work is a “major, unjust threat” to artists’ livelihoods. Last month Google, a major player in AI, called for the relaxation of restrictions on a practice in the UK known as text and data mining(TDM), where copying of copyrighted work is allowed for non-commercial purposes such as academic research. The statement is also signed by creative industry organisations and companies including the American Federation of Musicians, the US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, the European Writers’ Council and Universal Music Group.

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