UK publishing industry chiefs have called on Rishi Sunak to safeguard the intellectual property rights of the creative industries from artificial intelligence ahead of a government-hosted summit on the developing technology.
In a letter seen by the Financial Times, the Publishers Association (PA) urged the prime minister to ensure that “UK intellectual property law?.?.?.?be respected when any content is ingested by AI systems and a licence obtained in advance”.
The warning from the trade body — which represents book, journal, audio and digital publishers worth about £7bn to Britain’s economy — reflects concerns that ministers will overlook the creative industries at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in November.