UKAI Publishes the 'Creative Industries & AI Report
UKAI brought together representatives of the AI and creative industries for a roundtable discussion, chaired by Baroness Thangam Debbonaire. The proposed changes to the UK’s copyright law and their impact on the creative industries were top of the agenda.
Attendees from the creative sector outlined their concerns alongside helpful context from legal experts and further insights from policy experts. Several attendees from the AI industry presented how their businesses provide specific solutions. The discussion ranged from the core principles of copyright law to how we can use technology for better enforcement.
UKAI has published a special report based upon the output from this roundtable, together with further recommendations.
Section 1 – Summary of the Roundtable
The first section of this report summarises the discussions and is divided into several topics.
- The Fundamental Conflict: Accessing Copyright Materials
- Opt-In or Opt-Out: The Focal Point
- Transparency: The First Step
- Attribution and Enforcement: Is it Possible?
- Licensing: A Workable Solution?
- Government’s Role: Providing Incentives or Regulation?
- Global Challenges: Operating Collaboratively
Section 2 – UKAI’s Recommendations
The second section presents UKAI’s recommendations which have been informed by the roundtable discussion and UKAI’s policies, reflecting the interests of its members across the AI sector in the UK. Recommendations include: calls for further collaboration between the creative and AI sectors, using technology to accelerate solutions and a full assessment of the economic impact of making changes to copyright law.
- Copyright and AI Taskforce: Active Discussion to Find Solutions
- Greater Transparency: A Database of AI Training Sets
- Facilitate AI Licensing: Leverage Technology to Empower Creators
- Copyright Pioneers: Reestablish the UK as the Global Centre of Copyright Expertise
- Empower Consumers: Greater Consumer Understanding Drives Informed Choices
- Assess Opportunity or Cost? Properly Assess the Economic Cost
UKAI concludes that instead of replacing it, we should build upon existing, well-understood copyright law. The proposed opt-out model would significantly harm the creative sectors to achieve a minimal gain for a small group of global tech companies. The broader AI sector that we represent recognises the importance of building public trust. Adopting an opt-out model will erode public trust in the nascent AI sector and create unnecessary conflict. In the long term, this will undermine economic growth more than any benefits the opt-out could deliver.
Collaboration, not conflict, is good for business and the consumers that we serve. Let’s build an AI industry that works for everyone.
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