The album, called Is This What We Want?, features recordings of empty studios and performance spaces. Organizers say this represents the potential impact on artists' livelihoods, and...

LONDON :More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens, on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws, which could allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using their work.Creative industries globally are grappling with the legal an

The protest comes in response to proposed UK legislation that would force artists to proactively opt out if they don’t want their work used for AI training

With contributions from artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence laws that artists fear will erode their creative control. Critics of the idea fear that will make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and will undermine Britain’s creative industries. Elton John and Paul McCartney are among those who have spoken out against the plan.

Protest album "Is This What We Want?" unites over 1,000 musicians against proposed British AI laws.

Damon Albarn, Annie Lenox and Kate Bush are among 1,000 artists who released a silent protest album in protest of a controversial U.K. AI music law.

Musicians including Kate Bush, Hans Zimmer, and Cat Stevens are protesting proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws, which may allow tech firms to train AI models using their work, unless they explicitly opt out of it.