Government ‘considering AI training disclosure laws’

The federal government is reportedly considering legislation that would force AI companies to disclose which copyrighted works have been used in the training of their language models.

The government has not confirmed the report, which appeared in the Australian Financial Review, but if correct it would represent a new front in the struggle between content owners and tech companies. 

The contest has been ramping up over the past two weeks, kicked off by Atlassian billionaire Scott Farquhar calling for an overhaul of copyright laws to make it easier for AI companies to train models in Australia.

Scott Farquhar put under the microscope on copyright

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