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Legendary Beatles Producer's Son Joins Mail Campaign Against Controversial AI Proposals
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The son of legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin has demanded the Government 'listen to artists' over controversial AI proposals that would let tech firms use their work for free.
Giles Martin used Artificial Intelligence to 'reunite' The Beatles for the John Lennon hit Now And Then two years ago, but warns Labour 's plan for the technology 'makes no sense at all'.
It comes as the Government once more forced out amendments to the Bill which would have bolstered the protection of artists' copyright, in another blow for Britain's world-leading creative industry.
Mr Martin earlier hit out at the 'nonsensical' move to allow Big Tech to use creatives' work to train their algorithms for free unless the artists 'opt out'.
The Data (Use and Access) Bill primarily covers data-sharing agreements, but has received a backlash from the likes of UK Music after transparency safeguards were removed at the committee stage.
Certain Members of Parliament were keen to bring back the proposed changes aimed at safeguarding copyrights by requiring companies developing AI systems to declare if their models utilized human-created works.
But in a vote in Parliament last night the Government successfully resisted this.
British songs, films, paintings and news articles are protected under UK copyright law. But the Government proposes giving Big Tech an 'exception', allowing them to access such works to train generative AI models, without permission or payment, unless creators 'opt-out' of letting them.
Before the vote, Mr Martin, a Grammy-winning producer, teamed up with other artists in a demonstration urging Labour to 'Make It Fair'.
He stated: "The concept of opting out doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. It appears that the government listens more to their numerous financial backers than to artists, who are few in number. These policymakers seem excessively swayed by technology companies that are prone to making empty pledges."
He said AI was 'not a bad thing' but added: 'It's like The Little Mermaid – you should own your own voice.'
The Mail's campaign opposing these proposals has garnered support from figures such as Sir Elton John and Simon Cowell.
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