Overview

• The House of Commons voted to reject the Lords' amendment requiring AI firms to reveal which copyrighted materials are used to train their models.
• Ministers plan to invoke financial privilege to strip the transparency amendment, citing budgetary constraints for new regulations.
• Beeban Kidron, the crossbench peer who proposed the amendment, announced plans to retable a rephrased version in the Lords next week.
• The UK government has committed to conducting economic impact assessments and exploring technical solutions to address creative sector concerns.
• Prominent artists and organizations, including Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa, continue to oppose the government’s approach, warning of potential harm to the £126 billion creative industry.