The project is in response to a proposed change to UK copyright law allowing AI companies to use copyrighted work without a license. 1,000 Artists Release Silent AI Protest Album Is This What We Want?

A group of musicians is hoping the sound of their collective silence speaks volumes to lawmakers in the U.K. More than 1,000 artists — including Kate Bush, Imogen Heap, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Hans Zimmer — released a silent album titled "Is This What We Want?

One thousand musicians call for the UK to abandon a law change that would allow AI companies to train models on copyrighted music without artists' permission