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 24, 2024
We are thrilled to see that former Copyright Agency Chair Kim Williams has been announced as ABC Chair. Kim was nominated by an independent panel to hold the position for the next five years. Read the ABC’s announcement here. Kim stepped down from Copyright Agency Board in 2021, after chairing the organisation for six years […]
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 […]
December 21, 2023
On 6 December, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed comments with the US Copyright Office, rebutting claims made by artificial intelligence (AI) tech companies. AAP’s points include: these companies: have not sought to work with copyright owners, but have instead appropriated their intellectual property for commercial gain are not struggling startups but some of […]
December 21, 2023
UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency has recently released a report on attitudes to artificial intelligence (AI) in UK’s creative industries. Titled ‘Friend or Foe? Attitudes to Generative Artificial Intelligence Among the Creative Community’, its research of attitudes found that: 79% of respondents believe that the UK’s ability to earn from its creativity will be impacted by AI […]
