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Music, film and publishing bosses among industry leaders
meeting with to discuss the impact of AI
on creative industries
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Roundtable will focus on how government and industry can
address the risks AI poses to artists’ intellectual property
and explore how AI can help grow the sector, supporting jobs
and talent
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Attendees include Warner Music, Universal, Getty Images and
visual effects studio Framestore
The future of artificial intelligence in film, music and
television will be discussed today (Monday 20 November) at a
roundtable led by Culture Secretary and attended by key figures in
the creative industries.
Senior bosses from the UK’s creative sectors - such as Warner
Music, Getty Images and the Publishers’ Association - will join
representatives from the Intellectual Property Office and
Creators’ Rights Alliance to explore the opportunities and
challenges AI presents to creative industries.
Central to the discussion will be concerns about copyrighted
material being used without permission to train AI models like
ChatGPT, and the risk that content created by AI can potentially
infringe creative’s intellectual property. The meeting is also
expected to cover necessary protections for artists’ likenesses
and voices.
The conversations will also consider how AI can be used
positively to achieve the goals set out in the
Government’s Creative Industries Sector
Vision to boost these industries by £50 billion, create
one million extra jobs, and build a pipeline of future talent by
2030. Further AI adoption can allow artists to perform in new
ways, like ABBA Voyage which brings together avatars and a live
band. AI can also streamline experimentation, generating new
edits of songs or footage in minutes which would usually take
creators hours. Increasing creativity and productivity can drive
further growth in these industries, which contribute £108 billion
to the economy annually.
Culture Secretary said:
“The UK’s strengths and accomplishments in art and entertainment
mean we are well placed to take advantage of developing
technologies in this field. But creatives rightly have concerns -
and proposals - about how their work is used by artificial
intelligence now and in the future, and I want to hear them.
“As Culture Secretary I want to maximise the potential of our
creative industries and grow them by £50 billion by 2030,
creating one million new jobs. I believe that AI can help
delivering these goals, but only if opportunities are developed
responsibly and in lock-step with industry, which is the ambition
behind today’s meeting.”
The meetings follow the publication of the AI Regulation White Paper,
which set out the UK’s context-based, pro-innovation approach for
the regulation of AI, and are part of a wider sector engagement
plan for the government to understand how this revolutionary
technology impacts different industries.
The meetings will cover the Intellectual Property Office’s work
to develop a new code of practice, aiming to
ensure appropriate protections for copyright material while
making content licences to develop AI models more
available.
ENDS
Notes to editors
See full list of attendees below. The discussion points raised in
the meetings will be carefully considered and engagement with the
sector is ongoing. The meeting will take place at 100 Parliament
Street on Monday 20 November.
Invitees to the roundtables
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William Sargent CEO, Framestore Group
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Dan Guthrie, Director General, Alliance for IP
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Nicola Soloman CEO, Society for Authors and Chair,
Creators’ Rights Alliance
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Chris Mills, Director of Rights Policy and Enforcement,
Intellectual Property Office
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Dan Conway, CEO, Publishers’ Association
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Jonathan Lockwood, VP Corporate Counsel, Getty Images
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Tony Harlow, Chairman and CEO, Warner Music UK
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David Joseph, CEO, Universal Music
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Nina Schick, Author, ‘Deepfakes: the Coming Infocalypse’
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Jason Iley, CEO, Sony Music UK
