Parliamentary committee recommends ‘laws to stop the theft of Australia’s creative and media work by AI developers’

A parliamentary committee has issued its final report recommending laws to stop the theft of Australian written and creative work by AI developers, and to ensure fair payment for work used in the training and development of these tools.

The Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence recommends the federal government implement laws to protect creative content from being stolen by tech giants in its final report, released on Wednesday.

“The committee has called out the farcical arguments of the big AI developers who claim to be acting in the public interest when in reality they are acting in their own self-interest at the expense of our vital creative and media sectors, said MEAA chief executive Erin Madeley.