ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure musicians sign AI protest letter against 'unlicensed use' of works

LONDON -- Musicians from ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure person joined actors and authors successful signing a protestation missive against nan mining of their artistry to build artificial intelligence tools.

Thousands of artists signed nan missive released Tuesday — nan latest nationalist informing astir AI devices that tin spit retired synthetic images, euphony and writings aft being trained connected immense troves of human-made works.

“The unlicensed usage of imaginative useful for training generative AI is simply a major, cruel threat to nan livelihoods of nan group down those works, and must not beryllium permitted,” says nan petition.

Among nan signatories are Björn Ulvaeus of nan Swedish supergroup ABBA, The Cure's Robert Smith and Thom Yorke and his Radiohead bandmates. Also signing were writers including Nobel-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and actors Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon and Rosario Dawson.

Bestselling novelist James Patterson signed Tuesday's missive and different open missive past year organized by nan Authors Guild, which later brought a suit against AI companies that is still proceeding successful a New York national court.