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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 38, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 38A in lieu.14 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIt goes only so far as its application to the Bill now. I am not aware of any further measures to take it into other Bills and would not expect to see any.14 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 9 and 19, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 19A.14 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 12 and 13, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 13A.14 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion B. I beg to move. Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)14 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion C. I beg to move.14 May 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his comments. I am not sure I accept the characterisation of a loss of momentum. We are, after all, co-hosting the AI safety summit along with our…10 May 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too sincerely thank my noble friend Lord Holmes for bringing forward the Bill. Indeed, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in what has been, in my opinion, a…10 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsI thank my noble friend for the important point he raises, particularly stressing the importance to the United Kingdom of the creative industry, which contributes 6% of our GVA…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsMy Lords, this is a complex and challenging area. We strongly support AI innovation in the UK, but this cannot be at the expense of our world-leading creative industries. Our goal…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsI do not believe that the AI industry, in the long term, will require long-standing copyright infringement for its success. That is and continues to be the Government’s view; any…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsThe issue raised by the noble Baroness is of deep concern to everybody. As I say, there are some very serious problems, not least regarding the jurisdiction where any alleged…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsI thank my noble friend and her committee for that important letter. First, we must not underestimate the difficulty and complexity of the issues involved in resolving this…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsPerhaps my noble friend will forgive me if I gaze into a crystal ball for a moment and predict that the eventual solution to this will involve three elements: first, some…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsThe noble Lord raises a very interesting question. The laws surrounding the copyrighting of machine-generated content are getting fairly elderly now and certainly need to be…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsMy noble friend makes some important points: AI must advance on the back of well-executed data protection. Let me take the opportunity to thank him for his outstanding…09 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsOne of the principles we set out in our AI White Paper is transparency. That principle—repeated across the OECD and in the EU’s AI Act—will go a long way towards doing what the…09 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionIn the regrettable scenario mentioned by the noble Lord, such actions would generally fall to the Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit and the election cell that will…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionFirst, let me absolutely endorse the noble Lord’s sentiment: this is a deplorable way to behave that should not be tolerated. From hearing the noble Lord speak of the actions, my…08 May 2024HANSARDDeepfakes: General ElectionIt is a very interesting question, but I am afraid I have no information on that as it is not DSIT’s area at all. I will be very happy to find out and write to the noble Lord if…08 May 2024