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Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81395

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of introducing mandatory transparency obligations requiring generative artificial intelligence developers to disclose which copyrighted works have been used in their training datasets.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Government published a consultation on 17 December 2024, seeking views on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), including seeking views on the use of copyright material in AI model development.

As part of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, the Government has committed to publish a report by 18 March 2026 that will consider a number of areas including transparency.

The Government is reviewing all responses to the consultation to help inform next steps. The Government will set out its position in due course.

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