OpenAI opens door for payments to Australian creatives as part of AI data centre drive

OpenAI says it is open to the idea of paying into a fund that rewards creatives for work used to train its artificial intelligence models as a pathway to billions in Australian data centre investments. The admission came in documents supplied to a parliamentary inquiry into AI adoption in Australia on Tuesday, with OpenAI responding to Labor MP Tim Watts’ query on whether it would accept a policy requiring it to pay fees into a fund for Australian creators. “Potentially,” the tech giant wrote. “This would depend on the activities and data that are in scope, the opt-out requirement, total fees and whether the scheme provides legal certainty.