Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI

Following a series of requests and particularly negative reactions from various professionals in the creative field, the Albanian Government (on behalf of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese) recently announced its long-awaited decision on a particularly popular topic in the current social-tech context.

According to statements made and subsequently confirmed by Attorney General Michelle Rowland, the state has officially ruled out the possibility of granting technology companies carte blanche to exploit creative content for the purpose of training their artificial intelligence models. This decision is valuable and deeply necessary, given the current historical period.

Sadly, the works of countless artists are increasingly being taken and fed into artificial intelligence models, without asking for permission from the legitimate owners and, of course, without offering any kind of compensation. It is time to change things.