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

Source: The Guardian 5 hours ago

Compromise revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, meets 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 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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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

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

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