Goa, May 13 -- In a united stand, several of the UK's most iconic artists and creative minds, ,including Elton John, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, and Florence Welch, have voiced serious concerns over the growing threat that artificial intelligence poses to copyright and the wider music industry. In an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the artists called for urgent legislative action to regulate how AI systems use copyrighted material for training purposes.

"We must protect against the predatory use of AI to steal professional artists' voices and likenesses, violate creators' rights, and destroy the music ecosystem," the letter declared. The signatories urged tech firms, AI developers, and digital music platfor...