Creative industries and the use of AI

That this House recognises that artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for innovation and economic growth but also poses substantial risks to the United Kingdom’s world-leading creative industries; notes with concern proposals to introduce a broad text and data mining copyright exception which would permit the use of creative works to train AI models without prior consent, credit or remuneration; further notes that existing UK copyright law provides important protections for creators and that failure to apply and enforce these protections in the context of AI training risks undermining composers, performers and other rights-holders; believes that creators should be guaranteed fair remuneration where their works are used in the development of generative AI systems; calls for stronger transparency obligations on AI developers so that rights-holders can identify when and how their works have been used; and urges the Government to ensure that forthcoming AI legislation establishes a clear, workable and well-resourced cross-sector regulatory framework which promotes innovation while safeguarding copyright, supporting fair pay, protecting personal data and maintaining the long-term sustainability and global competitiveness of the UK’s creative industries.