Copyrighted art, mobile phones, Greenland: welcome to our age of shameless theft | Jonathan Liew
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Keir Starmer’s AI tsar to step down after six months in role
Matt Clifford, a tech investor who wrote government’s controversial AI action plan, to resign for personal reasonsKeir Starmer’s artificial intelligence tsar, a key figure in steering the government’s approach to artificial...
Read MoreUK government rollout of Humphrey AI tool raises fears about reliance on big tech
Critics question speed and scale of embedding AI into public sector when debate rages about use of copyrighted materialThe government’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool known as Humphrey is based on models from OpenAI,...
Read MoreAI can ‘level up’ opportunities for dyslexic children, says UK tech secretary
Peter Kyle, who is dyslexic and uses AI in his work, says government should look at how it ‘can transform education’Artificial intelligence should be deployed to “level up” opportunities for dyslexic children, according to the...
Read MoreUK ministers delay AI regulation amid plans for more ‘comprehensive’ bill
Law expected to include safety and copyright issues but delay likely to raise concerns about ongoing lack of regulationProposals to regulate artificial intelligence have been delayed by at least a year as UK ministers plan a...
Read MoreUK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI
Ministers dismissed Lords’ request for companies to be transparent about what copyrighted materials they use Campaigners have accused ministers of lying to parliament and the creative industries after the government signalled it...
Read MorePeers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI
Government suffers fifth defeat in House of Lords over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection...
Read MoreMinisters offer concessions on AI and copyright to avoid fifth Lords defeat
Exclusive: Data bill faces being shelved amid standoff over plans to allow AI firms to use copyrighted contentUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have offered a series of last-minute concessions on copyright protections...
Read MoreLords examine new amendment to data bill to require AI firms declare use of copyrighted content
It circumvents financial privilege grounds on which earlier version was rejected by MPs on WednesdayA new amendment to the data bill that would require artificial intelligence companies to disclose their use of...
Read MoreUK ministers block amendment requiring AI firms to declare use of copyrighted content
Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data billMinisters have used an arcane parliamentary procedure to block an amendment to the data bill that would require artificial...
Read MoreUK ministers to block amendment requiring AI firms to declare use of copyrighted content
Government plans to use arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill Ministers are turning to an arcane parliamentary procedure to block an amendment to the data bill that would require...
Read MoreMinisters reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote
Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industriesMinisters are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a...
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