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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Clean up AI or go away: rules proposed for data centres

Some generative AI firms have been accused of using copyrighted creations to train their models. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian planning authorities should withhold development approvals for data centres until they can guarantee the artificial intelligence models they host do not break the law.

Groups appearing before the NSW government's data centre inquiry issued the recommendation on Friday, as well as calls to ensure developers used renewable energy to power data centres and were not able to evade planning laws. 

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