Amazon, Google and Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train AI, Australian inquiry finds
by Kelly Burke from Technology | The Guardian on (#6SH8M)
Among the report's 13 recommendations is the call for the introduction of standalone AI legislation and protections for creative workers
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Tech companies Amazon, Google and Meta have been criticised by a Senate select committee inquiry for being especially vague over how they used Australian data to train their powerful artificial intelligence products.
Labor senator Tony Sheldon, the inquiry's chair, was frustrated by the multinationals' refusal to answer direct questions about their use of Australians' private and personal information.
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