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UK consults on opt-out model for training AIs on copyrighted content
The U.K. government is consulting on an opt-out copyright regime for AI training that would require rights holders to take active steps if they don't want
And its stated goals of supporting rights holders’ control of their content and ability to be remunerated for its use and the development of “world-leading AI models in the UK by ensuring wide and lawful access to high-quality data” will clearly require some fancy-footwork if the end-result doesn’t end up downgrading the interests of one sector over the other. “This will require both the AI companies and creative industries to come together to create new technical systems to deliver the desired outcome of greater control and licensing of IP,” it also suggested. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills issues.
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