It is reported that, according to Australia’s Attorney-General Michelle Rowland, the Australian Labor government has definitively ruled out introducing a copyright exemption for AI companies training their models on Australian creative works. “This government has repeatedly said that there are no plans to weaken copyright protections when it comes to AI,” said the Attorney-General. Such a carve-out has been fiercely rejected by the creative sector, after it was floated in a Productivity Commission report. A government working group on AI and copyright will meet over the next two days to examine whether the current laws need a refresh.
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