Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law

Dua Lipa performs on May 12th in Spain. | Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/Redferns for ABA

Last week, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen, Elton John, and hundreds of others in the UK creative industry signed an open letter backing an effort to force AI firms to reveal the copyrighted works used to train their models.  They support an amendment to the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill proposed by letter organizer Beeban Kidron, adding the requirement, which the UK government has opposed.

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