The government’s privileged option in the consultation proposed to modify the law on copyright to allow the companies of the AI to train their models on public content for commercial purposes without the authorization of rights holders, unless the rights holders “reserve their rights” by withdrawing.
Changes are associated with greater transparency requirements on AI companies, according to the government’s proposal.
Politico reported that the ministers planned to commit to publishing journals in technical solutions on the way in which these conditions could be met in order to repress the criticisms of the plans.
But in his response to the consultation, Openai said that the experience of other jurisdictions, including the EU, shows that the deactivation models are faced with “important challenges of implementation”, while transparency obligations could see the developers “prioritize the market”.
“The United Kingdom has a rare opportunity to cement itself as a capital of Europe AI by making choices that avoid the uncertainty of policies, promoting innovation and stimulating economic growth,” said society, calling for a large exemption from copyright.
In its response, Google has said that rights holders can already exercise “choice and control” to prevent web robots from scratching online content, but have suggested that those withdraw from AI training would not necessarily have the right of remuneration if they still appeared in the training data of a model.
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