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Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: Labor urged to take stand on big tech and AI; man allegedly sold opioid vapes; and can you get sick from being underdressed?

Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese’s Labor government says it is not planning to change copyright law, as creative groups want tech firms banned from using Australian content to train AI without compensation. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

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Arts, creative and media groups have demanded the government rule out allowing big tech companies to take Australian content to train their artificial intelligence models, with concerns such a shift would “sell out” Australian workers and lead to “rampant theft” of intellectual property.

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