Labour’s AI plan could be good for Britain – except the creatives it will throw under the bus | Ed Newton-Rex

On Monday morning, a couple of hours after the UK government’s AI opportunities action plan was published, I started getting messages from artists. “We are not going to continue drawing so that the founders of [AI companies] can get rich. I am quitting this job now,” said one. Another told me: “I have given up at this point.” I’ve heard similar messages from people for months – they are abandoning their creative jobs because AI companies are taking their work without asking,…