ACTU claims of agreement with tech firms over training AI dismissed by creative peak bodies

CEO of Australian Recording Industry Association says tech companies should simply comply with existing copyright law

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions claims that it has reached a breakthrough" agreement with the tech sector on a model for payment for using creative content in training AI has triggered alarm among bodies representing creative professionals.

Speaking on the sidelines of the economic reform roundtable, the secretary of the ACTU, Sally McManus, said there was discussion with the Tech Council and ACTU about wanting to address the issue of paying creatives, journalists and academics for their data (and) their creative work that they do".