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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Butler, Luca Ittimani and Tom McIlroy

‘Not up for grabs’: Albanese establishes AI office and vows to protect Australian creatives from copyright ‘theft’

In a major speech on artificial intelligence, Anthony Albanese said Australian creatives must retain ownership and copyright control of their work.
In a major speech on artificial intelligence, Anthony Albanese said Australian creatives must retain ownership and copyright control of their work. Photograph: Jeremy Piper/Reuters

Anthony Albanese has promised “the strongest possible protection” for Australian creatives against misuse of their work by artificial intelligence models, warning it would be “theft” if writers, artists and musicians didn’t have control of their work or receive payment for its use.

Amid growing community concern about large energy-intensive datacentres, the federal government will also set strict new rules for the facilities, including where they can be built, that they shouldn’t compete for land with housing, their power and water use, and that they don’t increase electricity prices for consumers.

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