by Sir Paul McCartney warned that AI could “rip off” artists if a planned revision of copyright is carried out.
The suggestions could remove the incentive for writers and artists and lead to a “loss of creativity”, he told the BBC.
The use of copyrighted material to support the training of models of artificial intelligence is the subject of a newly initiated government consultation.
Sir Paul, one of the two surviving members of the Beatles, told the broadcaster: “Young men, girls come there, and they write a wonderful song, and they don’t belong to them.” And if you want, you can just rip it off. “
“The truth is that the money flows somewhere … someone is paid, so why shouldn’t it be the guy who sat down and wrote” yesterday “?
The lack of clarity as to whether it is right and fair to use copyrighted material to train the models that drive the new waves of AI tools, triggered debates worldwide, and companies and individuals in the creative industry have filed a complaint about it argue that it is not a licensed use of your material.
In contrast, some publishers and media companies have signed license contracts with AI companies to enable them to use their material to train their models.
The government said that it would use the consultation that runs until February 25th to examine important points of the debate, including the question of how trust between the creative and the AI sector can be strengthened and how authors Lioning on the use of your material and can be paid for it.
The 82-year-old appealed to the government of rethinking her plans and said: “We are the people, they are the government.” You should protect us. That is your job.
“So if you get a bill, make sure that you protect the creative thinkers, the creative artists, otherwise you won’t have them,” he told the program “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg” by BBC One.
In November 2023, the surviving bandmates Sir Paul and Sir Ringo Starr created the song now and then by using AI technology to separate John Lennon’s singing from a home demo recorded in 1977.
Minister of Culture Lisa Nandy said last year: “This government is firmly convinced that our musicians, writers, artists and other creative people should have the opportunity to know and control how their content is used by AI companies, and able To be to be license contracts and a fair payment. “
“To achieve this and ensure legal certainty will help to ensure that our creative and AI sectors grow together and develop innovations in partnership.”
The full interview with Sir Paul will be broadcast on BBC One tomorrow from 9 a.m.
