Jun 4, 2026 – 5.53pmThe music industry has slammed Scott Farquhar for saying there’s no way AI models could be trained in Australia within existing copyright laws, arguing that 80 per cent of recorded music could be licensed with four deals, and the publishing underlying them with just one.The Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council of Australia chairman told The Australian Financial Review AI Summit on Tuesday that to train an artificial intelligence model in Australia, tech giants would need to “cut a deal with every single recording artist in the entire world”.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘Nonsense’: Scott Farquhar AI claims mauled by music industry
The Tech Council chair’s argument that copyright law was unworkable for AI training has been rubbished, including by the songwriters’ body that counts his wife as a member.
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