A former top Meta exec says AI is doomed if artists want tech firms to ask for permission to train models on their work

"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don't see how that would work," said Nick Clegg, who left Meta in January.

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• Clegg was Meta's president of global affairs. He left the company in January.
• Clegg said it would be tough for companies to ask artists before training models on their work.
• He said this would "basically kill the AI industry" in the UK.

Former Meta executive Nick Clegg says the UK's...