Publishing associations urge UK government to protect copyrighted works from AI

Statement asks government to help stop AI tools ‘using copyright-protected works with impunity’

Four leading publishing trade associations have urged the UK government to help end the “unfettered, opaque development” of artificial intelligence tools that use copyright-protected works “with impunity.”

The statement, released Tuesday, was co-signed by the Publishers Association, the Society of Authors, the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and the Association of Authors’ Agents. It is the first joint statement from the publishing trade bodies on AI.