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Meet Sophia. A musician who made it. Until something lurking in the shadows took over. #StayTrueToTheAct is a direct appeal to the EU to ensure the AI Act reflects transparency, accountability and the protection of European creators. youtu.be/oHiFi2FlBQY?si…

Artists from across Europe are getting behind the #staytruetotheact campaign. Romanian musician Mihail says: "I'm calling on the European Commission to respect law and respect culture" Watch more artists' stories here staytruetotheact.eu/artist-videos

Artists from across Europe are calling on the #EU to #staytruetotheact Finnish singer and songwriter Goldilocks says: "No one should be able to use artwork without permission"

Artists from across Europe are calling on the #EU to #staytruetotheact Spanish singer and songwriter Marta Santos says: "I believe AI should protect and respect music and those who create it"

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Singer and author Pedro Abrunhosa says: “I do not allow my music, my image, to be used to train the parrot of generative AI and therefore I call on the European Commission to respect human dignity”

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Singer Afonso Dubraz says: “This is an international initiative that aims to defend our rights as authors and artists."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact Fernando Ribeiro, lead singer from the band Moonspell, says: “AI cannot steal or misuse our music and we must of course be consulted when that happens.”

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Artist Satiro says: “Generative AI has no right to learn at the expense of our experiences and our lives without our permission because that authenticity belongs to someone – and it took years to build.”

IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley recently sat down with @FAZ_NET to discuss growth, streaming and the impact of AI in the music industry, while urging the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Musician Tomás Wallenstein says “AI should not be able to use our music without permission or steal it and artist should be able to verify if music is being used for AI training”

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact Saxophonist João Cabrita says: “We want to claim that generative AI cannot steal our music because it is our property and artists must have some way of controlling or verifying the art”

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Diogo Piçarra, singer, says: “I believe AI should not use our music without our consent."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Artist Dela Marmy says “we, the artists, must be able to know and verify whether our works are being used to train AI models, just as AI companies must ask our permission to use our musical works."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact João Gil, composer and musician, joins the campaign

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact Miguel Ângelo, lead vocalist of Delfins, says the #staytruetotheact campaign "draws attention to the issue of our cultural content being used recklessly by AI."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact Domingos Guerreiro, lead singer from Puro Rock, says: "Generative AI should not be able to steal my songs and artists should be able to verify whether their music has been used to train AI models."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact DJ and record producer Mastiksoul says: "I want to say that generative AI must not and cannot steal our music in any way."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #staytruetotheact João Couto, singer, songwriter, and producer, says: "I'm raising my voice with Audiogest so that generative AI can't steal my music, or any artists or songwriter's to train AI models"

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Calema, the musical duo, say: "We're here to appeal to the regulation, because not all content that is used has the author's consent for the training of these same artificial intelligences."

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Artist Carlos Leitão says: "It should be up to artists to verify whether their music has been used to train AI models"

Portuguese artists stand together to call on the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct Dino D'Santiago, singer and activist, says: “I want to be able to decide how my creations are used and if I give permission, I want to be renumerated for it"