British musicians throw the silent album to protest plans to let the AI ​​use their work

• More than 1,000 musicians joined to launch a silent album called “Is this what we want?” To protest British changes proposed to artificial intelligence laws that artists will erode their creative control.
• The United Kingdom Government is consulting whether to allow technology companies to use copyright to help the AI ​​models unless creators explicitly opt.
• The profits of the album will be donated to the beneficial organization of musicians, help musicians.

A new album called “Is this what we want?” It has a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians, and the sound of silence.

With contributions from British artists such as Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released on Tuesday to protest proposed to British changes to artificial intelligence The laws that artists fear will erode their creative control.

The United Kingdom Government is consulting whether to allow technology companies to use copyright to help the AI ​​models unless creators explicitly opt.

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The critics of the idea fear that it will be more difficult for artists to retain control of their work and undermine the creative industries of Great Britain. Elton John And Paul McCartney are among those who have spoken against the plan.

The protest album presents “almost silence,” said the composer and developer of the ED Newton-Rex, who organized the album. The 12 tracks consist of recordings of empty studies and performance spaces, “to symbolize what we hope will happen if the government’s proposals will happen.”

“It is a mixture of artists that everyone has heard and, you know, and many musicians who are not known names,” he told The Associated Press. “And I think that is really important because this problem will affect us all.”

The induced Dave Stewart, on the left, and Annie Lennox of Eurythmics are posed in the press room during the induction ceremony of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 5, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

The titles of the 12 tracks spells: “The British government It should not legalize musical theft to benefit AI companies. “

The profits will be donated to the musicians of the beneficial organization of the musicians.

“The government’s proposal would deliver the work of the life of the country’s musicians to AI companies, for free, allowing these companies to exploit the work of musicians to overcome them,” said Newton-Rex.

“It is a plan that would not only be disastrous for musicians, but is totally unnecessary,” he said. “The United Kingdom can be leaders in AI without launching our leading creative industries in the world under the bus.”

The Government of the Labor Party Centro de Great Britain says that it wants to make the United Kingdom a world leader in AI. In December, he announced a consultation on how the copyright law can “allow creators and law holders to exercise control and seek remuneration for the use of their work for the training of AI” while guaranteeing that developers of IA have easy access to a wide range of high quality creative content. “The consultation closes on Tuesday.

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Editors, artist organizations and media companies, including The Associated Press, have joined as creative rights in the AI ​​coalition to oppose weakening the protections of copyright.

Several newspapers of the United Kingdom made wrapping on their pages of first instance on Tuesday, criticizing the government’s consultation and saying: “We protect the creative industries, it is fair.”

The British government said in a statement that it was “to consult a new approach that protects the interests of AI developers and law holders and offers a solution that allows both thriving.” He added that “no decisions have been made.”