British artists are requesting the PM to update copyright laws. Four hundred British artists, including Dua Lipa, Elton John, and Ian McKellen, are uniting against AI. In a letter addressed to UK prime minister Keir Starmer, the musicians, writers, and other artists demanded for copyright laws to be updated in order to grant them protection against artificial intelligence, as per the BBC.

The artists assert that a lack of protection would be equivalent to them "giving away" their work to tech firms. They also believe that this would put "the UK's position as a creative powerhouse" at risk. They have formally requested the prime minister to support an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that would ensure transparency between developers and the copyright owners whose material would be used to train AI models.

"We want our creative industries and AI companies to flourish, which is why we're consulting on a package of measures that we hope will work for both sectors," said a government spokesman. "We're clear that no changes will be considered unless we are completely satisfied they work for creators." Other signatories include author Kazuo Ishiguro, band Coldplay, singers Kate Bush and Robbie Williams, playwright David Hare, Tom Stoppard, and Richard Curtis.