{"slug": "labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai", "title": "Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# Labor accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants\n\nBy Luca Ittimani and Caitlin CassidySource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nCompromise revealed as senior personnel from [OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai), creator of [ChatGPT](https://www.machinebrief.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude), meets Albanese ministers\n\n- [Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/16/pauline-hanson-one-nation-labor-anthony-albanese-artificial-intelligence-ntwnfb)\n- Get our [new political email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl) ,[free app](https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3) or[daily news podcast](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl)\n\nThe Albanese government is considering giving AI companies access to Australian creatives’ works by default as it pursues a compromise with US tech giants.\n\nThe proposals were revealed 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](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/training) models locally.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/pocock-says-labor-easing-copyright-protections-for-ai-datacentre-investment-would-throw-creatives-under-the-bus)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-propo-65xi", "published_at": "2026-09-15 21:29:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 01:06:12.105086+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Albanese government", "OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Labor", "David Pocock", "The Guardian", "Australia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/labor-accused-of-throwing-creatives-under-the-bus-with-proposal-to-ease-for-ai.jsonld"}}