The UK Government’s proposal to allow AI companies to automatically train their models on online content unless the rightsholder specifically opts out has been described as “unworkable”.

A range of responses to the Government consultation on its proposed change to the existing copyright regime have been published, with many slamming the potential effect on the media industry.

The Government is currently analysing responses to the consultation, which closed in February. It is assessing four proposed options for UK copyright in the AI era: making no change to existing law, beefing up creator copyright protections, giving AI companies broad copyright exemptions or the opt-out model.