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highplainsdem

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1. Interesting analysis, but leaves out how incredibly unpopular a pro-AI change Labour was pushing was,
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:55 PM
Friday

and how much attention that was getting, when only 3% of people of people who responded to a public consultation liked what Labour was proposing:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143633537
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/labour-ditches-plan-to-let-ai-firms-use-copyrighted-works-xkq7hmhrf

3% support. And Labour didn't drop their incredibly unpopular plan to change copyright law to please the AI bros until two months ago, nearly a year and a half after first encountering great opposition to the plan, including from the UK's most popular artists, with what those artists said often making headlines.

Great way to lose support from those concerned about AI.

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