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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Luca Ittimani and Caitlin Cassidy

Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants

Independent senator David Pocock
Independent senator David Pocock says any compromise Labor makes on copyright protections would put AI companies’ interests ahead of those of everyday Australians. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies access to Australian creatives’ works by default as it pursues a compromise with US tech giants.

The proposals were revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Labor ministers and warned that Australia’s copyright laws were preventing the company from training models locally.

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