Sovereign AI Fund
Debate between Lord Walney and Baroness Lloyd of Effra(1 week, 5 days ago)
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Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
The noble Baroness is correct to highlight that we have been clear that copyright rules should be respected and the use of copyright works to train AI in the UK requires a licence unless an exception applies. Companies supported by the sovereign AI fund are expected to comply with applicable UK law, including copyright. When we are talking about compliance in relation to grant-funded compute allocations, they equally must comply with copyright law while undertaking that funded activity.
Lord Walney (CB)
Is the Minister open-minded about the huge potential that the UK embracing an open-source AI model alongside allies may accrue to the country to put us back in the premier league rather than needing to be reliant on America and overseas?
Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
It is not an area on which I feel I can definitively give an opinion on the view of the Government. I know from the cyber security point of view that there are many merits and disbenefits of open-weight models in terms of their cyber security credentials, and that is something that we are working on very carefully.