British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’

British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’

Bestselling novelists Kate Mosse and Richard Osman have hit back at the government’s apparent plan to give artificial intelligence companies broad freedoms to mine artistic works for data, warning it could “destroy” growth in creative fields and amount to “theft”.

They spoke out after the prime minister, Keir Starmer, on Monday launched a national drive to make the UK “one of the great AI superpowers” and endorsed a 50-point action plan that included reform of how AI firms can…

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