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Arts: Artificial Intelligence

Commons · Question 50197 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Meta's use of the LibGen database to train artificial intelligence models on UK creative workers.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 12 May 2025

The Government has no plans to make a formal assessment. However, while the case highlighted relates to legal proceedings in the United States, we take seriously the implications for UK rights holders. The unauthorised use of copyright works, particularly...