February 1, 2024
In January 2024, the UK Government responded to a report from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee entitled ‘Connected tech: AI and creative technology’. You can see the Committee’s report here, and the Government’s response here. In its response the Government: confirmed that it is not pursuing a copyright exception for text […]
January 30, 2024
The NSW Government released its 10-year Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy, ‘Creative Communities’, in December 2023. You can see a summary of the policy here, the full policy here, and the Minister’s announcement here. Copyright Agency made a brief submission to consultation on the policy (here). The NSW Government endorses Revive, the national cultural […]
January 25, 2024
On 18 January 2024, UK-based Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) released a report on the findings from a survey of its artist members on artificial intelligence (AI). The findings included: 74% of artists are concerned about their work being used to train AI models. 95% of artists feel they should be asked before their work is […]
January 24, 2024
On 17 January 2024, a new non-profit company called Fairly Trained was launched in the US, offering certifications to AI developers that use licensed content and treat creators fairly. Its founder and CEO is composer and technologist Ed Newton-Rex, who resigned from his role leading the Audio team at Stability AI because he disagreed with […]
January 24, 2024
On 17 January, the Government released its interim response to the Department of Industry consultation on Safe and Responsible AI. There were more than 500 submissions to the consultation (here), including from Copyright Agency, Copyright Agency members, Australian Society of Authors, Australian Publishers Association, National Association for the Visual Arts and Media Entertainment and Arts […]
January 11, 2024
On 8 January, Open AI responded to the lawsuit against it and Microsoft, started by The New York Times in December 2023. You can see The New York Times article about its lawsuit here, and its complaint here. You can see Open AI’s response here. Open AI contends that using third party content to train […]
December 23, 2023
You can see information about the Australian Framework for Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Schools here, and download the framework here. The Framework is based on 6 guiding principles: Teaching and Learning Human and Social Wellbeing Transparency Fairness Accountability Privacy, Security and Safety Principle 4 (Fairness) includes: 4.4 Cultural and intellectual property: generative AI tools […]
December 23, 2023
On 12 December, the Government published the report from the Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System: see here. The review will inform negotiations for the 2024 Education Reform and Funding Agreement. You can see: Summary Report here Expert Panel’s Report here Commissioned research ‘Review of Policy Interventions to Increase Socio-Economic Diversity and […]
