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Kevin Bacon, Thom Yorke, Julianne Moore and thousands of other creatives sign petition against AI data scraping


What do the actor Kevin Bacon, the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the musician Robert Smith, and the journalist and historian Sidney Blumenthal have in common?

What do the actor Kevin Bacon, the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the musician Robert Smith, and the journalist and historian Sidney Blumenthal have in common? Last week, the Financial Times reported the U.K. government plans to consult on an ‘opt out’ model for AI content scraping. Per the Guardian, the petition was organized by British composer Ed Newton-Rex, a former exec at Stability AI, who said creatives are exceptionally worried.

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