The UK government’s plans for an “opt-out” system for using copyrighted material to train AI has not gone down well with the music industry. Over 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, and Annie Lennox, have come together to release a silent album in protest against the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright laws. The album, Is This What We Want?, is designed to highlight concerns that artificial intelligence companies could be granted the right to use artists’ work without permission. Featuring recordings of empty studios and silent performance spaces, the project symbolises a future where human creativity is drowned…