( April 2, 2025, 11:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Adding an opt-out for AI model training to UK copyright legislation, as the government has recently proposed, will be hard to implement and could pose geopolitical challenges, the think tank set up by former prime minister Tony Blair said today. The government’s proposal for a so-called text and data mining exception, currently under consultation, is "not enough to build a strong AI ecosystem in the UK" and would mean that developers in Britain “lack some of the flexibilities found in the US," the Tony Blair Institute said. This would bring “geopolitical hurdles” since the “current US administration has indicated it will not pursue strict AI regulations."Report attached. ...
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