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Nick Clegg says that the artists will be used to “kill” the AI ​​industry will “kill”

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As decision makers in Great Britain, they weigh on how to regulate the AI ​​industry, Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain and former director of Meta, claimed that the emphasis on the consent of the artists “basically kills” the AI ​​industry.

Speaking at the event promoting its recent book, Clegg said that the inventive community should have the right to resign from work to training AI models. He claimed, however, that it was not possible to ask for permission before the first work.

“I think the creative community wants to go a step further,” said Clegg According to Times. “Quite a lot of votes:” You can only train from my content, [if you] Ask first. “And I must say that it seems somewhat unbelievable to me, because these systems train on huge amounts of data.”

“I just don’t know how you go, first asking everyone. I just don’t understand how it will work,” said Clegg. “And by the way, if you did it in Great Britain and no one else did, you would basically kill the industry of AI in this country overnight.”

Comments occur in parliament in connection with recent regulations, which are aimed at ensuring inventive insight in the way their work is used by AI. Correction to Data account (use and access) it would require technology companies to disclose What copyright protected work was used to train AI models. Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber are one of the hundreds musicians, writers, designers and journalists who signed an open letter to support the amendment earlier in May.

Amendment – introduced by Beeban Kidron, who is also a film producer and director – jumped around gaining support. But on Thursday, members of the parliament He rejected the proposalWith the Secretary of Technology Peter Kyle, who says: “Great Britain needs both [AI and creative] Success and prosperous sectors. “Kidron and others he said The requirement of transparency would allow copyright to enforce, and AI companies would be less likely that they “steal” work if they are obliged to disclose what content they used to train models.

IN OP-ED w Guardian Kidron promised that “the fight is not over yet” as a data account (operate and access) phrases to the House of Lords at the beginning of June.

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