Overview

• MPs voted 317 to 185 against a Lords amendment that would have required AI companies to open their model databases so rights holders can check if their works were used.
• Baroness Kidron’s proposal aimed to force ministers to enact new copyright protections within three months of an AI reporting study.
• Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant said the amendment would bind future parliaments and risk delaying safeguards, drawing criticism from Commons committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage.
• More than 400 industry figures, including Sir Elton John, Robbie Williams and Dame Shirley Bassey, backed the disclosure requirement to combat what they call AI ‘theft.’
• The Data (Use and Access) Bill now returns to the House of Lords as MPs and peers remain deadlocked over balancing AI innovation with creators’ rights.