Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could 'rip off' artists

The proposals could remove the incentive for writers and artists and result in a "loss of creativity", he told the BBC. McCartney, one of the two surviving members of the Beatles, said: "You get young guys, girls, coming up, and they write a beautiful song, and they don't own it, and they don't have anything to do with it. And anyone who wants can just rip it off." "The truth is, the money's going somewhere … Somebody's getting paid, so why shouldn't it be the guy who sat down and wrote Yesterday?" In contrast, some publishing organisations and media outlets have signed licensing deals with AI companies to allow them to use their material to train such models.