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Top UK artists urge Starmer to protect their work on eve of Trump visit

Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Elton John among creatives arguing that Labour’s AI proposals could result in ‘an artist’s life work to be stolen’

The Guardian - UK

UK should act to stop children getting hooked on social media ‘dopamine loops’

Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18s

The Guardian - UK

Robots on the charts — will AI be a fatal blow to the music industry, or be an unlikely shot in the arm?

Scary as the threat is, AI might never quite steal the human soul of music, reports Will Rogers-Coltman

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UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI

Peer accuses ministers of lying as government dismisses Lords’ request to make firms reveal what materials they use

The Guardian - UK

Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material

The Guardian - UK

We have a chance to prevent AI decimating Britain’s creative industries – but it’s slipping away

The government has doubled down on a plans that would allow mass cultural theft, but we are fighting it at every stage, says crossbench peer Beeban Kidron

The Guardian - UK

Government suffers third defeat over copyright protection against AI

Peers voted 287 to 118 to amend the Data (Use and Access) Bill

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Government defeated for third time in Lords over copyright protection against AI

The House of Lords supported by 287 votes to 118, majority 169, an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill.

Evening Standard

Lords examine new amendment to data bill to require AI firms declare use of copyrighted content

It circumvents financial privilege grounds on which earlier version was rejected by MPs on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Ministers block Lords bid to make AI firms declare use of copyrighted content

Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill

The Guardian - UK

UK House of Lords backs amendment to AI bill thanks to peer vote that forces companies to reveal copyrighted material used in training AI models

The UK government doesn't seem to want to give people credit for their work in the name of progress. How good is the British museum, btw?

PC Gamer

Government defeated over copyright protections against AI models

A Bridget Jones director told peers that creatives could have their work used to train AI models without them knowing about it or being paid for it.

Evening Standard

House of Lords pushes back against government’s AI plans

Peers back amendment to data bill requiring AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material they have used

The Guardian - UK

Elton John and '400 artists' appeal government to introduce AI copyright laws

Legendary musician Sir Elton John has joined forces with over 400 fellow artists to voice growing concerns over copyright protection in an era increasingly

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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’

The Guardian - UK

Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industries

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright

Exclusive: Government will promise to carry out an economic impact assessment of its proposals

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UK’s top universities received £2.8m worth of funding from Meta last year

Campaigners urged universities to be more cautious in their engagement with Facebook’s owner

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Don’t weaken online safety laws for UK-US trade deal, campaigners urge

Child protection charities say watering down Online Safety Act would be an ‘appalling sellout’ by government

Evening Standard

Government AI plans depend on ‘more remuneration’ for creatives, says minister

Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs the UK is a ‘content superpower’ as he defended Government plans on AI and copyright law.

The Guardian - UK

UK needs to relax AI laws or risk transatlantic ties, thinktank warns

Tony Blair Institute says enforcing stricter licensing rules for copyright-protected material will threaten national security interests

The Guardian - UK

OpenAI launches Sora video generation tool in UK amid copyright row

‘Sora would not exist without its training data,’ said peer Beeban Kidron, citing ‘another level of urgency’ to debate

Fortune

Europe refuses to back down on regulating U.S. Big Tech despite Trump threats and ‘economic machismo’

President Trump has threatened to hit countries with tariffs if they fine America's tech companies.

The Guardian - UK

Beeban Kidron joins calls against PM’s AI tsar over tech-firm interests

Film director and peer complains of government’s ‘shameful’ copyright rules policy and role of Matt Clifford

The Guardian - UK

UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says

Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector

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