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UK data bill AI ‘ping-pong’ to change course as government invokes spending limit

By Frank Hersey ( May 15, 2025, 16:44 GMT | Insight) -- Uncertainty for artificial intelligence developers and the UK’s creative sector continues as the executive chamber once again stripped changes from a data reform bill intended to protect rights holders from scraping. The bill returns to the upper chamber on Monday where lawmakers are expected to make yet further alterations, but will have to navigate a limit on proposals costing the government any money to implement after the lower chamber activated a procedural block. The minister suggested new legislation would handle copyright around AI training while his colleague’s handling of the Lords today further entrenched them in their position.Debate and forced votes on the Data (Use and Access) Bill last night in the House of Commons, the executive chamber, brought temporary relief to AI developers and consternation for the creative sector....

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