(14 Jan 2026) British technology minister Liz Kendall said on Tuesday the government was seeking a “reset” on plans to overhaul copyright rules to accommodate artificial intelligence, pledging to protect creators while unlocking AI’s economic potential.
Creative industries worldwide are grappling with legal and ethical challenges posed by AI systems that generate original content after being trained on popular works, often without compensating the original creators.
Britain, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to turn into an AI superpower, initially proposed relaxing copyright laws to allow developers to train models on any material they could lawfully access, with creators required to opt out.
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