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Australian artists are urging big tech to come to the table and negotiate licensing deals, deploring the volume...

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Australian artists are calling for Big Tech companies to negotiate licensing agreements rather than litigating over intellectual property used in generative AI training. The article highlights the economic displacement and ethical concerns regarding the mass scraping of creative works by frontier AI models without compensation. While primarily focused on copyright and labor rights, it underscores the ongoing friction between rapid AI capability advancement and existing legal frameworks in Australia. The discourse reflects a broader governance challenge regarding the accountability of AI developers to domestic creative sectors.

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