PPA calls on Prime Minster to enforce AI transparency

Industry News, Public Affairs

PPA calls on Prime Minster to enforce AI transparency

Industry News, Public Affairs

PPA calls on Prime Minster to enforce AI transparency

6 September 2023

The PPA has led a joint industry letter to Rishi Sunak calling for the transparency requirements proposed in the government’s AI White Paper to be enforced.

The letter calls attention to the fact that publishers’ content is being used to train AI tools without permission or any form of payment. Therefore, without transparency enforcement provisions, publishers have no means of asserting their copyright and addressing infringements.

In an interview with Press Gazette, PPA Chief Executive Sajeeda Merali said: “if there’s no government intervention, then this is going to have quite a serious adverse impact on the sustainability of the industry […] content creators will have no means of monetising their content”.

The PPA will continue to raise awareness of these issues with political stakeholders and lobby for better regulatory conditions for the specialist publishing sector.

Sajeeda Merali’s full interview with Press Gazette can be read here.

More details on the government’s AI White Paper can be found here.

PPA names new Next Gen Board

Sixteen aspiring under 35s have been chosen from across the industry to work in tandem and collaboratively with the main PPA board to help shape the future of the publishing sector.

Jackie marks 60 years with a commemorative bookazine

Debuting in 1964, Jackie quickly became a beloved companion for millions of teenage girls, offering advice, entertainment, and a window into the ever-changing world of youth culture.