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Ex-Meta Exec: Copyright Consent Obligation = End of AI Biz
- Former Meta executive Sir Nick Clegg warned that requiring UK AI firms to get copyright permission before training models would kill the industry overnight.
- This warning came after the House of Lords approved changes to legislation aiming to regulate data use that would require technology companies to disclose their use of copyrighted content, but government officials subsequently blocked these amendments.
- Clegg emphasized that AI systems train on vast data volumes making individual consent impractical and supported letting creators opt out rather than requiring prior permission.
- Notable artists like Elton John, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, and playwright Tom Stoppard have publicly opposed the bill, with Elton John calling it "theft, thievery on a high scale".
- If only the UK enforced such permission laws, Clegg and others warn the AI sector could collapse domestically, while the government faces pressure balancing innovation with copyright protections.
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Legendary Facebook Exec Scoffs, Says AI Could Never Be Profitable If Tech Companies Had to Ask for Artists' Consent to Ingest Their Work
Fresh on the heels from his exit from Meta, former Facebook executive Nick Clegg is defending artificial intelligence against copyright holders who want to hold the industry accountable. As the Times of London reports, Clegg insisted during an arts festival last weekend that it's "implausible" to ask tech companies to ask for consent from creators before using their work to train their AI models. During a speech at the Charleston Festival in Eas…
A former top Meta exec says AI is doomed if artists want tech firms to ask for permission to train models on their work
"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don't see how that would work," said Nick Clegg, who left Meta in January.Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty ImagesNick was Meta's president of global affairs. He left the company in January.Clegg said it would be tough for companies to ask artists before training models on their work.He said this would "basically kill the AI industry" in the UK.Former Meta executive Nick Clegg says the …
In the United Kingdom, the law defining whether AI has the right to "steal" copyright-protected content is being decided in Parliament and in the courts.
Former Meta Exec Nick Clegg: Artists' Demands over AI Copyright Laws 'Implausible,' Would 'Kill the Industry'
Former Meta executive Nick Clegg has claimed that requiring tech companies to ask permission before using copyrighted work to train AI systems is unworkable and would destroy the AI industry in the UK.
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