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Pocock says Labor easing copyright protections for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives ‘under the bus’

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Pocock says Labor easing copyright protections for AI datacentre investment would throw creatives ‘under the bus’

Proposals revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Albanese ministers Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The proposals were revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Labor ministers and warned Australia’s copyright laws were preventing the company training models locally.

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