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Tech Giant Warns AI Poses ‘Industrial-Scale Threat’ to Australian Jobs

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Anthropic banned 11.4 million of its own AI accounts for fraud and abuse in six months – now it wants Australia to grant copyright loopholes to keep training its chatbots.

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Anthropic has warned the Australian government that frontier AI systems pose an 'industrial-scale threat' to the labor market, suggesting a need for taxpayer-funded aid for displaced workers. The submission highlights significant safety and abuse challenges, noting the company banned 11.4 million accounts for fraud and misuse within a six-month period. These disclosures link frontier capability advancements to socio-economic stability risks and emphasize the tension between AI development needs, such as copyright exemptions for training data, and broader regulatory oversight in Australia.

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