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Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws
Former Beatle speaks out amid fears the rise of AI threatens income streams for music, news and book publishers
The amendments, championed by Beeban Kidron, would require operators of internet bots that copy content to train generative AI models to comply with copyright laws. Some publishers, such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and the Financial Times, have already struck licensing deals to allow Open AI to train its large language models on their journalism. In a statement supporting a campaign for creatives to get paid by the AI companies using their work, McCartney said: “We[’ve] got to be careful about it because it could just take over and we don’t want that to happen particularly for the young composers and writers [for] who, it may be the only way they[’re] gonna make a career.
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