Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants
By Luca Ittimani and Caitlin Cassidy, The Guardian
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Compromise revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, meets Albanese ministers The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies access to Australian creatives’ works by default as it pursues a compromise with US tech giants. “It would mean putting AI companies’ interests over everyday Australians, giving AI companies access to all Australians’ content, unless they opt out,” Pocock said on Tuesday. “The burden should not fall on Australians to defend the rights they already hold over content they create and own and invest in.” The proposals were contained in a document Pocock described as screenshots of government’s consultation proposals, tabled in the Senate on Tuesday and titled “AI on Australian Terms”.
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