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Generative AI leading to new kind of industrial collapse, UK creators groups say

( January 30, 2026, 11:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Generative AI is leading to a “new kind of industrial collapse”, five UK creators groups said in a report. A third of illustrators have lost commissions due to AI, musicians report incomes dropping by half, and 99 percent of all creatives say their work is scraped without permission, said the groups, which included actors' trade body Equity and the Association of Photographers. Lawmaker and filmaker Beeban Kidron, who has been instrumental in recent parliamentary defeats of the government on AI and copyright policy, said in the foreword of the report that its findings were “not only an indictment of policy failure; they are a call to action.”Statement follows. The report is attached:...

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