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Unlike the lengthy process of finalising the bargaining incentive, ideally Labor will move as fast as possible to establish ground rules for the AI revolution.

Summary

This editorial argues for the rapid establishment of Australian government ground rules to regulate how frontier AI models utilize media content without compensation. The piece emphasizes that the current policy vacuum regarding data scraping for AI training mimics previous failures in platform regulation, potentially undermining the economic viability of the information ecosystem. While focused on intellectual property, the call for urgent Labor government intervention highlights the intersection of Australian economic policy and the governance of large-scale AI deployment.

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