It has been four years since generative AI technology was made available to the general public. Ever since, the negative impact that it has on the job market and the environment has been more than proven. However, governments across the world have failed to react appropriately. To this day, human creators whose work has been used to train large language models (LLMs) have no way to corroborate so, and therefore, cannot enforce their ownership rights.
The situation in the music industry is dire. Songs generated by scrapping human compositions are flooding streaming services, releasing at a speed and volume that drowns emerging musicians. Many of these artificial songs produce income for non-musicians, and some are even charting.
On the production’s side, things don’t look better. Singing voices have been cloned without consent to generate prototype songs that the produces then demand the human artist to copy or emulate, stripping them of their creative freedom and diminishing their training and skills.
Creators need clear rules and regulations that ensure that their work is used with consent, proper licensing and fair remuneration. We can’t allow the companies behind this technology to keep cannibalizing human knowledge and imagination, to then sell them back to us in a convenient package.
So, what can we do? Until 29 October 2026, there is a petition to the UK Parliament seeking to fix this issue. It asks for the introduction of a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose their training sources and information. As with all petitions submitted through this channel, if this one gets 10,000 signatures before the deadline, the government will respond to it. If the number surpasses 100,000, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.
At the time of publication, there are 9,758 signatures. We are very close to the first goal! Let’s keep the momentum going. If you are a British resident or citizen, please sign the petition. And, no matter where you are in the world, shares are appreciated:
