bs2Jan 15, 2025
> AI is an energy-intensive technology due to its use of electricity-guzzling datacentres, which means there are clear environmental costs to increasing the UK’s role in driving the technology. According to the International Energy Agency, total global electricity consumption from datacentres could reach the level of Japan’s energy intake by 2026.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/key-takeaways-from-keir-starmer-action-plan-for-ai
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Key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s action plan for AI

The main points from the prime minister’s plan to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligence

The Guardian
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> It says the UK’s framework for text and data-mining.. should be “.. as competitive” as the EU’s.. allowing the use of copyrighted material by AI firms provided they give copyright holders the ability to opt out.. tantamount to trampling on the rights of creative professionals and publishers.
#EdNewtonRex, the British composer and a prominent voice in the copyright debate, says the plan’s support for copyright overhaul is a “huge blow to the UK’s #CreativeIndustries”.
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Jan 15, 2025 at 4:13amWeb