Greg Marston and IBM<\/a>\u00a0after the former discovered his AI-manipulated voice was being used online without his knowledge.<\/p>\nDr Mathilde Pavis has teamed up with the union Equity to create a guide for stars of the screen that will help them retain rights to their likeness. Commenting on the emerging controversy, Dr Pavis said: \u201cThe UK legal framework is not well designed to protect performers from unauthorised imitations of their work using AI technology. The best things performers and content creators working with them can do is educate themselves on their rights and use contracts smartly.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, the UK legal framework is not well designed to protect performers because it is made up of a complex patchwork of different laws. This impacts performers who want to work with AI technologies and those who want to stay away from it altogether. Current laws are difficult to navigate for performers, technology developers and for media production companies. As it stands, it is a lose-lose situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerformers are amongst the creators most vulnerable to unauthorised digital imitations generated because their work not only contains their intellectual property (their performances) but it also captures their personal data like their face, their voice and their body.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this regard, performers\u2019 interests should be the government\u2019s top priority when it comes to reforming the law in light of new AI technologies. All citizens stand to gain from the protection the law extends to performers because it will create important industry standards on what technology developers can and cannot do with people\u2019s voices and likenesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cProtecting your legal and economic interests by using a contract adapted to AI work is not about being an \u201cinnovation sceptic\u201d or \u201canti-AI\u201d \u2013 to the contrary. Performers will need to put in place the same type of measures (like contractual clauses) to protect their interests whether they want to collaborate with AI companies to develop new products or avoid being involved in projects which feature AI technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Equity toolkit will work well to set new industry standards with AI companies keen to \u201cdo the right thing\u201d and self-govern in this way. Law reforms and new regulations will still be needed to make sure performers, and other content creators, have the means to protect themselves in cases where their work will be misused by technology users or market players not sharing Equity\u2019s vision for AI.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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