Rome– The Italian singer Laura Pausini He joined the coalition of more than 30 European artists in an audiovisual campaign that urges the political leaders of the European Union (EU) to protect the creators from the improper use of their work by generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies.
“Artists should have control of their own works and be able to verify if their music has been used to train AI models. I invite the European Commission to stay faithful to the law and culture, ”said the singer -songwriter in a video published in the Instagram account of the Federation of the Italian music industry (FIMI). In the campaign entitled ‘Stay faithful to the law’, artists launch a call to defend the original purpose of the EU Artificial Intelligence Law, the first legal framework in the world in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world approved in the world.
“Technological developments are able to give an exceptional impulse to progress, but generative artificial intelligence cannot replace human creativity, nor can music steal”Pousini said.
The initiative requires the EU protection of copyright and innovation, underlining that in order to create, they must have the right to control how their work is already used to receive a remuneration for such use, in addition to requesting transparency in AI systems that use creative work, which must be transparent and comply with current regulations on copyright.
Among the thirty artists who participate in this campaign are the Spaniards Álex Ubago, Rozalén, Sole Gimenez and Marta Santos. The call has received the support of the Undersecretary of Italian Culture, Gianmarco Mazzi, who highlighted the commitment of the Italy government with a regulation that guarantees the protection of the artists.
“The Government is very committed in this front, actively participating in the drafting of the proposal of the Regulation on the European level. Once the fundamental limits have been established, we can finally look at artificial intelligence as an opportunity,” Mazzi explained on Tuesday in a statement.
In addition, he encouraged to work so that “does not replace human creativity and is regulated so that it guarantees the maximum protection of artists.”