The Data Act goes to Parliament this week.

Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/05/uk-backtracks-on-ai-opt-out-scheme-for-creative-works/

Sources:

Why are creatives fighting UK government AI proposals on copyright? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/25/why-are-creatives-fighting-uk-government-ai-proposals-on-copyright

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/30/ministers-include-concessions-in-ai-copyright-bill-before-crucial-vote

Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/ministers-uk-copyright-artificial-intelligence-parliament-vote

Publishers’ Licensing Services and Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society create ‘pioneering’ AI licence https://www.thebookseller.com/news/publishers-licensing-services-and-authors-licensing-and-collecting-society-create-pioneering-ai-licence

Previously on Pivot to AI:

Tony Blair Institute reports on AI in the labor market — using numbers they made up with GPT-4. Again. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/08/tony-blair-institute-reports-on-ai-in-the-labor-market-using-numbers-they-made-up-with-gpt-4-again/

UK government wants to give AI companies free access to train on your creative works https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/18/uk-government-wants-to-give-ai-companies-free-access-to-train-on-your-creative-works/

UK government plans to splurge billions on AI — we step through the tricky details https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/13/uk-government-plans-to-splurge-billions-on-ai-we-step-through-the-tricky-details/

UK science secretary Peter Kyle cribs ChatGPT for advice https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/13/foi-reveals-uk-science-secretary-peter-kyle-cribs-chatgpt-for-advice/

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