# Björn Ulvaeus Calls for Training-Data Compensation at UN AI for Good Summit

_Legal · published 2026-07-13_

ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus took the stage at the United Nations' AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on July 8 to argue that creators deserve compensation for the data used to train AI models — not royalties tied to each individual output. "We should be paid for what went in, not for every output that comes out the other end," he told delegates.

The argument positions training-data licensing as the more practical and equitable framework for creator compensation, sidestepping the complexity of tracking per-generation royalties. Coming from the president of the world's largest network of authors' societies, the statement carries significant weight as policymakers and the music industry continue to grapple with how to define fair use and remuneration in the age of generative AI.

## Sources
- [Music Business Worldwide](https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/abbas-bjorn-ulvaeus-at-human-creativity-is-not-the-enemy-of-artificial-intelligence-it-is-the-reason-artificial-intelligence-exists/)
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