By Reuters
January 26, 2025 – 4:49 AM PST
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LONDON (Reuters) – Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to “rip off” artists, urging the British government to make sure upcoming copyright reforms protect its creative industries.
Globally the music and film industries are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own output after being trained on popular works, without necessarily paying the creators of the original content.
Britain in December proposed a way for artists to license their work to be used in training AI, but also said there should be an exception “to support use at scale of a wide range of material by AI developers where rights have not been reserved.”
In a BBC interview broadcast on Sunday, McCartney said he was worried only tech giants would benefit unless copyrights were properly protected.
“AI is a great thing, but it shouldn’t rip creative people off,”…
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