Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news
AI company Anthropic is advocating for an opt-out model for training its models on Australian copyrighted content. Meanwhile, public broadcasters ABC and SBS are calling for stricter regulations to prevent the cannibalization of the news industry.
Why it matters
The debate reflects a global struggle between AI developers seeking data access and media organizations fighting to protect intellectual property and revenue.
Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei. The AI company has been pushing for ‘conditional approval’ for big tech to train its models on Australian copyrighted works under an opt-out model. Photograph: Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei. The AI company has been pushing for ‘conditional approval’ for big tech to train its models on Australian copyrighted works under an opt-out model. Photograph: Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto/Shutterstock AI (artificial intelligence) Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news Maker of Claude claims AI could transform economy but ABC and SBS say the technology should be subject to media regulations
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