{"id":37682,"date":"2025-01-26T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=37682"},"modified":"2025-01-26T01:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:18:39","slug":"paul-mccartney-says-he-fears-ai-will-rip-off-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=37682","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney says he fears AI will rip off artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONDON — LONDON (AP) \u2014 Paul McCartney<\/a> urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that he says could let artificial intelligence<\/a> companies rip off artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is consulting on whether to let tech firms use copyrighted material to help train artificial intelligence models unless the creators explicitly opt out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCartney told the BBC that would make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and undermine Britain\u2019s creative industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou get young guys, girls, coming up, and they write a beautiful song, and they don\u2019t own it, and they don\u2019t have anything to do with it. And anyone who wants can just rip it off,\u201d the 82-year-old former Beatle<\/a> said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday. An extract was released Saturday by the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe truth is, the money\u2019s going somewhere. When it gets on the streaming platforms, somebody is getting it, and it should be the person who created it. It shouldn\u2019t be some tech giant somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain\u2019s center-left Labour Party government<\/a> says it wants to make the U.K. a world leader in AI. In December, it announced a consultation into how copyright law can \u201cenable creators and right holders to exercise control over, and seek remuneration for, the use of their works for AI training\u201d while also ensuring \u201cAI developers have easy access to a broad range of high-quality creative content.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publishers, artists\u2019 organizations and media companies, including The Associated Press, have banded together as the Creative Rights in AI Coalition to oppose weakening copyright protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the people, you\u2019re the government. You\u2019re supposed to protect us. That\u2019s your job,\u201d McCartney said. \u201cSo you know, if you\u2019re putting through a bill, make sure you protect the creative thinkers, the creative artists, or you\u2019re not going to have them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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