On April 2, the Guardian reported on March 31 that Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Moss, and Val McDermid were among the prominent authors who signed an open letter urging the British government to hold Meta accountable for using copyrighted books to train AI. The letter calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, to summon Meta executives to Parliament for questioning. Commenting on the reasons for signing, McDermid said, "The contract makes it clear that third parties must be paid for the use of an author's work. Whether it is an adaptation, translation or reproduction...

According to Reuters, the British government announced on Tuesday that it will spend more than 100 million pounds (currently about 905 million yuan) to launch nine new AI research centers and provide technical training for regulators. Michelle Donelan, the British Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, said in a statement, "AI is developing rapidly, but we have proven that humans are developing just as rapidly. Through an agile, sector-specific approach, we have begun to immediately control risks." The British government said that these AI research centers will invest nearly 90 million...