Tech Secretary will not be ‘forced’ to choose one side in AI copyright debate

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Technology Secretary has said that he will “not have one side forcing me to make a choice between one and other”, following widespread protests in the creative sector over proposals to amend copyright law around AI. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Kyle said that AI is “technology which needs enormous amounts of data in order to be effective and efficient”, but that he needs “to make sure that those people who do feel strongly about it do have the right to opt out, make sure that their material isn’t included in the harvesting”. The Technology Secretary told BBC Breakfast that copyright law “just isn’t fit for purpose” to protect people when it came to AI, and that he wanted to make sure both the creative and AI sectors could “thrive” in the UK. ““I know full well the Prime Minister is keen to discuss AI technology, but also find areas where we can collaborate to a greater extent going forward with the US,” he said.