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The establishment of national rules and regulations for artificial intelligence models using copyrighted materials have paused. Because many Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are trained on easy to access ‘copyrighted’ materials like books and music, this pause has caused concerns that artists’ work will be reproduced and copied without permission or monetary compensation. In the UK, the Intellectual Property Office oversees Copywrite laws, however, they have been unable to agree on a “voluntary code of practice”.
This news follows the decision of New York Times to sue Microsoft and OpenAI, for billions of dollars in December last year. They argued that the latter had profited from commercial exploitation, and misappropriation of intellectual property.
Discussions between the Cultural Secretary and the creative industries leaders like Warner, Universal and Getty Images, aimed to address these issues and explore how AI can assist in expanding the creative industries sector. The collaboration of both parties also aligns with the Government’s ‘Creative Industries Sector Vision’ which is attempting to create a million more jobs, and boost these industries by £50 billion.
The process of introducing new laws and tougher regulation for AI and other fast-developing technologies in the UK has been “cautious” compared to other countries. For example, the EU have introduced an ‘AI Act’, establishing specific obligations for AI companies introducing high-risk technologies. If the AI systems are perceived to pose an unacceptable risk, like cognitive behaviour manipulation or social scoring, they will be banned. In contrast, the UK’s minister for AI and intellectual property has argued that that in order to maintain a pro-innovation approach to technology, the UK will refrain from regulating AI in the short term at a Financial Times Conference in November 2023.
Image: symphony.org, 2023 // CC0 1.0 DEED
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