Ministers offer concessions on AI and copyright to avoid fifth Lords defeat | Artificial intelligence (AI)
By: Eleni Courea Political correspondent | Published: 2025-06-04 15:38:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Ministers have offered a series of last-minute concessions on copyright protections in an effort to avoid a fifth defeat in the House of Lords that could threaten the progress of a key bill.
The data bill faces the prospect of being shelved amid a tense standoff over plans to allow AI companies to use copyrighted material to train their models. In a letter to all peers late on Tuesday night, the government offered further concessions in an effort to stave off another defeat.
Maggie Jones, the Lords minister for the digital economy and online safety, said the government would commit to publishing further technical reports on the future of AI and copyright regulation and do so within nine months instead of 12.
Jones wrote that ministers intended to move as quickly as possible in this…
