Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants

The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies default access to Australian creatives' works as it seeks a compromise with US tech giants, according to reporting by The Guardian. The proposals emerged as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Labor ministers and warned that Australia's copyright laws were preventing the company from training models locally. Independent senator David Pocock said easing copyright protections in exchange for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives "under the bus.