UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy has committed to a series of roundtables with the inventive industries to support draft further AI legislation on
UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy has committed to a series of roundtables with the inventive industries to support draft further AI legislation once the data bill has passed by parliament.
“We are determined to find a way forward that works for the creative industry and creators, as well as the tech industries. Creators are the innovators, fundamental to our economic success in the future,” Nandy told the Deloitte Enders Media Telecoms 2025 and Beyond conference, which brings together leaders in the media, tech and telecoms industries.
”And with my colleague Peter Kyle [secretary of state for science, innovation and technology], we’re working together to find a better solution.
“The issue of AI and copyright needs to be properly considered and enforceable legislation drafted with the inclusion, involvement and experience of both creatives and technologists,” she continued.
The data bill is being debated in the UK parliament’s upper house, the House of Lords. The government plans to allow tech companies to apply copyrighted material to train their models. However, the Lords are looking for more protections for artists from AI.
A bill must be approved in the same form by both the House of Commons and House of Lords before becoming a law. Baroness Beeban Kidron, a crossbench peer and director of Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, is among those standing against the government’s plans.
“As soon as the data bill is passed by parliament, Peter and I will begin a series of roundtables with representatives from across the creative industries to develop legislation, with both houses of parliament given time to consider it before we proceed. We approach you with no preferred option in mind,” said Nandy.
“During the consultation, we have heard you loud and clear that what works for one part of the creative industries doesn’t work for another. Now you know as well as I do that in this international landscape, there are no easy solutions, but this government is determined to work with you to find a solution with transparency and trust as its foundation. We have heard you loud and clear.”
Nandy later teased the Creative Industries Sector Plan which is to be published later this month, “to turbocharge the growth of creative industries right across the UK. To support film and TV clusters from Birmingham to Belfast. To tap into the huge potential for growth that exists across our country”.
The minister also threw her support behind the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA), an industry-funded body that launched with its first standards framework in February. “I’ve been particularly pleased to see the BBC’s recent announcement that it will no longer commission companies who are not signed up to the CIISA standards,” said Nandy. “That is what leadership looks like.”
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