UK report on creative industries’ perspectives on AI
December 21, 2023
UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency has recently released a report on attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) in UK’s creative industries. Titled ‘Friend or Foe? Attitudes to Generative Artificial Intelligence Among the Creative Community’, its research of attitudes found that:
- 79% of respondents believe that the UK’s ability to earn from its creativity will be impacted by AI
- 53% of respondents think AI should be ‘paused’ to enable the sector to ‘catch-up’ on regulation
- 77% of respondents are confident that AI will eventually deliver fair compensation
The report is available here.
In our survey of members in July 2023, a large majority of respondents said that they were worried about the implications of AI for their profession or business. Key concerns were:
- use of content without permission
- lack of transparency about the source of outputs
- use of generative AI without ethical and legal frameworks
- lack of transparency about inputs
- lack of fair compensation
- bias and/or misleading information
- the threat to my industry, my work, or my business
- inappropriate use of First Nations culture