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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Under attack from artificial intelligence

Abba in 1974
Abba in 1974. Photograph: Olle Lindeborg/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images

Your article about Björn Ulvaeus implies that he disagrees with artists who want to protect their copyright because he believes AI isn’t a “creative threat” (Super Trouper meets supercomputer: AI helping Abba star to write musical, 4 June).

In fact, in his role as president of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, Ulvaeus has spoken in discussions with the UK government about protection for artists from “profit-seeking tech companies”.

In a speech to MPs and peers, he said: “Copyright is the oxygen which creators and the creative economy depend on for their existence and survival. They cannot be sacrificed.”

It is also worth noting that your article described the “Abbatars” in the Abba Voyage show as holograms, which they very much aren’t.
Simon McEnery
Salisbury

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