Paul McCartney told the BBC that would make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and undermine Britain's creative industries.

Paul McCartney has urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that he says could let artificial intelligence companies rip off artists

Paul McCartney urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that he says could let artificial intelligence companies rip off artists. The government is consulting on whether to let tech firms use copyrighted material to help train artificial intelligence models unless the creators explicitly opt out.

Musician Sir Paul McCartney has advised that AI could “rip off” artists if a proposed revamp of the copyright regulations by the UK government goes ahead. This comes as the use of copyrighted material to train AI models has become the subject of a recently launched government consultation.