Government flags change to copyright laws to accommodate AI

Attorney general Michelle Rowland has given a cautious signal that the government is considering copyright change in the face of AI.

The former communications minister told the AFR that while there would be no less protection for copyright holders, the government “was looking at other ways in which the copyright system can be improved in the age of AI.”

The statement, coming a week after a lobbying visit to Canberra from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, was received with caution by publishers and copyright groups.

Dario Amodei in action in Australia last week (Futures Forum)

“We all want to get to the same endpoint here,” Rowland told the AFR.