AI developers must be stopped from freely using music, literature and artwork to train their models, a group of British lawmakers have warned.

In a new report, the UK government has been told that it must “rebuild trust” with creative industries and introduce safeguards to ensure their intellectual property isn’t mined for profit.

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee—a cross-party group of Members of Parliament (MPs) that scrutinizes Rishi Sunak’s administration—raised several areas of concern in a report released late Tuesday, and claims there are “weaknesses” in the government’s policy.

For example, the group said initial plans to exempt text and data mining from copyright protection shows “a clear lack of understanding” about the creative sector, which generates $137 billion (£109 billion) a year and employs 2.3 million people.

Members of the committee went on to warn there must be urgent action to protect creators when their likeness or past performances are used without consent through generative AI.

“All branches of government need to better understand the impact of AI, and technology more broadly, on the creative industries and be able to defend their in

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