Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume has raised concerns about the use of creative content to train Artificial Intelligence models, describing it as "theft" on an industrial scale.
Scarborough and Whitby MP, Alison Hume, herself a former screenwriter, has highlighted the potential threat to the creative industries and called for stronger protections for original work.
In a debate in Parliament on the new Data (Use and Access) Bill , Alison Hume spoke about her experience as a screenwriter, having worked on the BBC hit show New Tricks.
The MP says she discovered that the subtitles from one of her New Tricks episodes have been scraped and are being used to create learning materials for AI, potentially leading to AI-generated scripts that could replace human writers.
Alison Hume says that AI companies are not currently required to be transparent about the content they use to train their models. She welcomed amendments in the data bill that would require AI firms to be transparent about the content used to train their models, enabling creators to know when their work has been used.
The MP also noted that an amendment expands the existing copyright regime to cover all Generative AI (GI) models marketed in the UK, clarifying that the unlicensed use of creative content to train AI models is theft.
Ms Hume also expressed concern that the government's preferred position for creators to opt out of having their works scraped is not workable.
The MP emphasised the importance of the creative industries to the UK's industrial strategy, noting that they grew by over a third between 2010 and 2023
Alison Hume says she looks forward to the outcome of the consultation on AI and copyright, and to working with the Secretary of State and minister to find a futureproof solution that protects original work and the ability to earn an income from it.
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