Overview
- During a Windsor Castle investiture, the King told Sir Kazuo Ishiguro it was important to "keep battling" the threat artificial intelligence poses to creative people.
- Ishiguro said all his books had been used to train AI models and argued that copyrights were infringed.
- The Nobel laureate, newly appointed a Companion of Honour, said AI could bring benefits if used within controlled, copyright‑respecting frameworks.
- He previously joined artists and musicians in an open letter protesting the unlicensed use of creative works to train generative systems.
- As peers open scrutiny of AI and copyright, UK Music chief Tom Kiehl told lawmakers that training on protected material without permission is "pure theft."