Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Conversation
The Conversation
Alice Grundy, Visiting Fellow, School of Literature, Language and Linguistics, Australian National University

The Productivity Commission is floating AI copyright exemptions – with worrying implications for Australian authors and publishers

Susan Q. Yin/Unsplash

In an interim report released overnight, Harnessing data and digital technology, the Productivity Commission has floated a text and data mining exception for the Australian Copyright Act.

This would make it legal to train artificial intelligence large language models, such as ChatGPT, on copyrighted Australian work. AI training would be added to the list of “fair dealing” exceptions already existing in the Copyright Act.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.