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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Calls for law as AI rogues plunder Australian creatives

An inquiry into AI has heard of the technology being used to exploit the work of actors and authors. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia urgently needs to restrict the use of AI to protect workers, an inquiry has been told amid warnings the technology has already been deployed to cut creative jobs and replace humans with digital clones.

The call comes after the Senate inquiry heard one voice actor had his contract cancelled and his voice replicated using AI, and another had her digital voice used in a pornographic ad without her consent.

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