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Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

Asked by Tom MorrisonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 34391

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require generative AI developers to (a) document and (b) disclose their use of copyrighted materials.

Answered by Feryal Clark

The Government’s consultation on Copyright and AI has just closed. This included a proposal to require AI model developers to be more transparent about how they obtain and use copyright works in their training, whether from web crawlers or other forms of training for AI models.

Our priority now is to review the evidence from the consultation which will inform the Government response, including any legislative proposals.

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