Labor accused of throwing creatives 'under the bus' with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants

The Australian government is considering default AI access to local creators' content, with an opt-out option. The proposals were revealed amid meetings between OpenAI representatives and ministers, who said copyright hinders training models in the country.

• AI companies could train on content without explicit author consent
• Rights holders would have to 'digitally protect' their works themselves
• A license for one content category would extend to all small creators
• Senator Pocock said authors are being 'thrown under the bus'