House of Lords Committee slams government inaction on LLM copyright misuse

'Government's reticence to take meaningful action amounts to a de facto endorsement of tech firms' practices,' it says

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House of Lords Committee slams government inaction on LLM copyright misuse
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House of Lords Committee slams government inaction on LLM copyright misuse

A committee of UK legislators has accused the government of turning a blind eye to copyright infringement by large language models, effectively endorsing the practice through its inaction.

On Thursday, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and Digital sent a letter to science and technology minister Michelle Donelan, criticising the government's "failed series of roun...

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