23/04/2026 Session
PACE is calling for a balanced regulation of artificial intelligence that empowers the creative sector and protects citizens and democracy at large.
Approving a resolution based on a report by Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE said that current copyright laws in Europe are “neither clear-cut nor fit for purpose” as regards the training of AI systems, pointing out that such a legal environment favoured the interests of Big Tech companies while those of creators were marginalised.
It urged a series of steps to “balance the rights and interests of AI providers and rights-holders so that innovation is not achieved at the expense of creators, and to protect citizens and democracy at large against the abuse of AI tools”.
Member states should ban the unauthorised distribution of deepfakes and require AI-generated content to be clearly labelled in a way that is “machine-readable, interoperable and easily identified by human beings”.
Performing artists should also be protected against the unauthorised distribution of fake performances generated by AI systems.
Finally, the Assembly called on AI providers to “provide transparency of data used for AI training, and show openness to dialogue and goodwill in negotiations with rightsholders”.