Lords Committee takes evidence from tech companies and the Government on AI and copyright
The Communications and Digital Committee holds its final evidence sessions on AI and copyright, hearing from Google and Charismatic.ai, and Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Meeting details
Building on its previous work in recent reports on UK scaleups, large language models and the creative industries, the Committee has been investigating AI and copyright since November 2025.
The first session will focus on AI developer perspectives on the UK’s copyright framework, transparency and licensing. In the second session, the Committee will put questions to the Government on these issues.
Possible areas for discussion
Possible areas for discussion with Google and Charismatic.ai include:
- The tools that would enable rights holders to control whether their work is used to train AI systems and what more AI companies should do to enable these to work effectively;
- why AI developers are resistant to greater transparency requirements on training material they use; and
- the reported lack of willingness of AI companies to engage in licensing deals for AI use of creative works.
Possible areas for discussion with Government Ministers include:
- When the Government expects to reach a definitive position on AI, copyright and a possible text and data mining exception following the conclusion of its consultation last year;
- what progress the Government has made in relation to potential transparency requirements on AI companies regarding their training material; and
- how the Government will respond to concerns about existing ‘opt-out’ mechanisms not being sufficient to protect rights holders.