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

Source: The Guardian 2 hours ago

Proposals revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Albanese ministers

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

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

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/pocock-says-labor-easing-copyright-protections-for-ai-datacentre-investment-would-throw-creatives-under-the-bus

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

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Pocock says Labor easing copyright protections for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives ‘under the bus’