Good afternoon.Anthony Albanese has promised “the strongest possible protection” for Australian creatives against misuse of their work by artificial intelligence models, warning it would be “theft” if writers, artists and musicians didn’t have control of their work or receive payment for its use.Amid growing community concern about large energy-intensive datacentres, the federal government will also set strict new rules for the facilities, including where they can be built, that they shouldn’t compete for land with housing, their power and water use, and that they don’t increase electricity prices for consumers.In a major speech on AI, the prime minister rejected the prospect of large companies like OpenAI and Anthropic being given free use of Australian data – a development warmly welcomed by creatives including music industry group ARIA – but questions remain about how the government will modernise copyright laws and regulate datacentres.Top news
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