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Nine, News Corp and Guardian Form United Front as Anthropic CEO Arrives

The Australian Financial Review

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29 Mar 2026
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29 Mar 2026, 08:00 am

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“Our newsrooms and creators are open for business, but we are not an open buffet for Silicon Valley,” said News Corp executive chairman Michael Miller.

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Australian media leaders are strictly opposing the relaxation of copyright laws to accommodate the data appetites of frontier AI labs like Anthropic. As Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visits Australia for high-level meetings, the dispute highlights a critical tension between rapid AI scaling and the protection of high-quality training data. This development is significant for global AI safety policy as it concerns the economic and legal frameworks that govern the progress of frontier models with potentially catastrophic capabilities. The outcome of these negotiations in Canberra could set a precedent for how nations manage the jurisdictional trade-offs between fostering AI innovation and maintaining media integrity.

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PoliticsFederalAIPrint articleRonald Mizen and Sam Buckingham-JonesMar 29, 2026 – 6.02pmTop media executives have formed a united front against diluting copyright laws to support artificial intelligence investment, as Dario Amodei, the chief of $537 billion AI lab Anthropic, arrives in Australia for high-level talks.Nine Entertainment chief executive Matt Stanton, News Corp boss Michael Miller and Guardian Australia managing director Rebecca Costello said AI innovation must not come at the expense of copyright integrity.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIAndrew CharltonAnthropicCopyrightJim ChalmersAnthony AlbaneseMedia & marketingMichelle RowlandNine EntertainmentNews CorpGoogleSydneyCanberraOpenAIFetching latest articles