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UK unions call for action to protect creative industry workers as AI develops


TUC says proposals on copyright and AI framework must go further to stop exploitation by ‘rapacious tech bosses’

The transformative potential of AI was huge, but without adequate regulation, “rapacious tech bosses” would be able to exploit creative workers and cash in on their work, the TUC warned. Its general secretary, Paul Nowak, said: “AI has huge transformative potential – and if regulated properly, workers could benefit from the productivity gains created by this technology. “The government’s proposals undermine an entire industry – bosses and workers alike – and threaten the efficacy of bargained solutions through unquestioning support of big tech.

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