The story of UVA (United Voice Artists) is a lesson in organising, not just for Creative Workers, but for everyone affected by AI - which is to say, Everyone.

Co-President, Patrick Messe, explains the urgent need for representation that brought together unions, guilds and other professional bodies, ahead of the EU AI Act. Their cross border collaboration ensured their voices were heard by politicians and legislators.

From France to Turkey, Poland to South America, they have focussed on their shared purpose of protecting Artists' rights, preserving human creativity and safeguarding the livelihoods of their members.

And the story isn't over yet.

To read the UVA Guidelines visit: https://unitedvoiceartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UVA-AI-GUIDLINES.pdf

Should the creation of Deepfakes be a protected right under the banner of Free Speech?
How do existing laws balance our right to Free Speech with our Right to Privacy?
Dr Dimitri Kagiaros is Assistant Professor in Law at the University of Durham and an expert on the regulation of Freedom of Expression. He has written extensively on the topic and his work has influenced changes in the law to preserve freedom of expression.
Most recently, he has collaborated with our own Dr Mathilde Pavis on a (soon to be published) paper which examines whether freedom of expression can be interpreted to create a ‘right to’ deepfake people with - or, more controversially - without their consent.
So, what might the legal parameters be for content creators wishing to exploit Deepfake technology for artistic, commercial or even personal use?
We're so glad you asked...

This time, we get a philosopher's take on AI.

Jumbly Grindrod is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. He specializes in the philosophy of language and epistemology, which refers to the theory of knowledge itself.

Does it - or should it - matter to us whether AI or a human being is talking, writing or engaging with us?
What happens when we start regarding Artificial Intelligence as sentient or human?
And does generative AI bring anything new, in terms of questions, concepts or challenges, to a philosopher... or is it just a new shape given to age-old questions about what is real and what it means to be fully human?