<ul><li>The UK arts and media industry, including writers, publishers, musicians, photographers, movie producers, and newspapers, have rejected the Labour government's plan to create a copyright exemption for artificial intelligence (AI) companies to train their algorithms.</li><li>The Creative Rights in AI Coalition (Crac) representing various creative bodies, including the British Phonographic Industry, the Society of Authors, and newspapers such as the Guardian and Financial Times, stated that existing copyright laws should be respected and enforced.</li><li>The proposed system would allow AI companies like Open AI, Google, and Meta to train their AI systems on published works, unless owners actively opt out. Tech UK, an industry lobby group, supports a more open market, while objections have been raised by prominent British creatives, including Paul McCartney and Kate Bush.</li><li>The creative industries argue that the onus should be on generative AI developers to seek permission, obtain licenses, and pay rights holders if they want to train algorithms with the ability to create content.</li></ul>

UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material

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