Jul 22, 2026 – 1.25pmArtificial intelligence behemoth Anthropic has denied it has any deal or negotiations with the ABC to license its archive of content, after managing director Hugh Marks revealed the company wanted access to its radio content to train its models.Australian media companies are furiously defending their news output from being scraped by AI firms to train their multitrillion-dollar models without payment.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Anthropic denies AI deal with ABC as media chiefs demand IP cover
Media executives from the ABC, SBS, News Corp Australia and Nine Entertainment say AI firms are ignoring news content while negotiating power, water and land deals.










