Artists in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's inner-Sydney seat of Grayndler are campaigning against a government proposal that could let AI companies train on Australian creative work by default, The Guardian reports.
The electorate is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and about 10% of its workers are in creative jobs, compared with 4.2% nationally. Labor is weighing copyright changes as part of wider AI reforms covering data centres, energy and the economy, with draft laws expected by the end of the year.
Mr Albanese has promised strong protections and said using creators' work without payment would be theft. But some AI companies say licensing under current law is too hard, and Anthropic has proposed an opt-out model. Local screenprinter and Greens councillor Pete Strong called AI an extraction industry benefiting a few.
Source: The Guardian
