“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”

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Björn Ulvaeus, Songwriter

Sir John Rutter, Composer and Conductor

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, Novelist

Julianne Moore

Thom Yorke, Musician

James Patterson, Author

Kevin Bacon

Sir Ian Rankin, Novelist

Kate McKinnon

Roger Daltrey CBE, Musician, Actor

Kate Mosse CBE, Author

Malorie Blackman OBE, Author

Max Richter, Composer

Rosario Dawson

William Boyd CBE, Novelist

Val McDermid, Writer

Tracy Chevalier, Author

F. Murray Abraham

Melissa Joan Hart

Rosie O’Donnell

Professor Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS, Scientist, Author, Broadcaster

Tom Holland, Author and podcaster

Billy Bragg, Songwriter and author

Lady Antonia Fraser, Author

Roger McGough CBE, Poet

Geoff Barrow, Producer & Composer

Margaret Drabble DBE, Author

Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Author

Cressida Cowell MBE, Author

Robert Smith, Musician

Ed O’Brien, Musician

Joe Goddard, Musician

Philip Selway, Musician

Jason Kay, Musician

Nitin Sawhney CBE, D.Mus, Composer / producer

Paula Hawkins, Writer

Lynn Goldsmith, Photographer , Painter

James Runcie, Writer

Ted Chiang, Writer

Joanne Harris, Author

Emma Donoghue, Writer

Philippa Gregory, Historian Novelist Playwright

Jonny Greenwood, Musician

Colin Greenwood, Musician

Elizabeth Fremantle, Author

Madeline Miller, Writer

Sean Astin, Actor

Emily St. John Mandel, Writer

Ann Patchett, Writer

AURORA, Musician

Harlan Coben, Author