A bill which sparked an extraordinary stand-off between some of the UK's most high-profile artists - and their backers in the House of Lords - has finally been passed.
Peers wanted an amendment to the drably-titled Data (Use and Access) Bill which would have forced tech companies to declare their use of copyright material when training AI tools.
Without it, they argued, tech firms would be given free rein to help themselves to UK content without paying for it, and then train their AI products to mimic it, putting human artists out of work.
That would be "committing theft, thievery on a high scale", Sir Elton John told the BBC.
He was one of a number of household names from the UK creative industries, including Sir Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa to oppose the government.
