Simon Cowell Want to see artists protected against AI.
The judge “America’s Got Talent” wrote comment The daily mail This week, potential changes criticize British legislation that would enable companies to use online material to train AI models, unless they explicitly unsubscribe.
Cowell warned that the livelihood of artists ran the risk of ‘wiping away’.
“The thought that someone would believe that they have the right to blindly give away the creative ideas of this country – for nothing – is just wrong,” he said. “I passionately give people the personal creativity of people – and AI should not be able to steal the talent from those people who have made the magic in the first place.”
Simon Cowell warned in an OP-ED in the Daily Mail that allowing AI to train on copyrighted material a threat to the resources of artists. (Kevin Winter/Getty images)
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In 2023 Cowell told Fox News Digital that he was “No fan” of AI.
He explained why artists such as Queen, David Bowie and Elton John have a permanent, authentic impact by noticing that “their songs, I think, today are just as good as they were then. So everything the fake, for me, a bit of a problem.”
Elton John also contributed his opinion about AI to the Daily Mail.
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“I am on behalf of young artists because they literally represent our future. The proposal that is considered by the British government would destroy our creative community, especially emerging artists and those who strive for a career in art.”
“Ai should not be able to steal the talent from those people who have created the magic in the first place.”
He continued: “It would make our music – and any other work of art ever possible in the UK – without permission or compensation. And for which? To help powerful foreign technology companies make a profit. That is just wrong and it is unnecessary.”
The “Tiny Dancer” singer Recognized that generative AI “offers incredible opportunities for all of us” but wanted to ensure protection for all creatives.
Elton John mentioned proposed changes in the British laws to enable AI companies to train on copyrighted work “just wrong, and it is unnecessary”. (Simone Joyner/Getty images)
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“We have to respect the rights of the makers, offer great experiences for fans and offer new and young artists even better opportunities. But the acceptance of this copyright exception would destroy the leadership of the UK that was difficult to win, and what is worse, it would give everything away. For nothing.”
Earlier this week, More than 1,000 musicians worked together To release a quiet album entitled “Is this what we want?” In protest against the proposed changes in the laws.
With contributions from British artists, including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album consists of 12 tracks of recordings of empty studios and performance spaces “to symbolize what we expect will happen if the government’s proposals go on,” Composer and AI developer Ed Newton-Rex deClex.
Annie Lennox, on the left, with Eurythmics bandmand Dave Stewart in 2022, is one of the thousands of artists who have contributed to a quiet album in protest against the British laws around AI and change copyright. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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“It is a mix of artists that everyone has heard of and, you know, and many musicians who are not known names,” he added. “And I think that is really important, because this problem will influence us all.”
