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OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Australia to Relax AI Training Ban, Citing Investment
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CNBC TV18•22-09-2026, 14:53
OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Australia to Relax AI Training Ban, Citing Investment
- •Top AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing Australia to reconsider its ban on using creative content for AI model training.
- •The companies suggest a limited exemption to copyright laws could protect artists while encouraging significant investment in Australia.
- •Australia has ruled out a broad exemption to copyright laws, which currently prevents mostly US-domiciled AI firms from training models there.
- •Anthropic proposed a "narrow form of conditional approval" for AI training, open to conditions supporting Australian creators and cultural endeavors.
- •OpenAI advocated for a "balanced copyright framework" allowing models to learn from publicly available information, highlighting major infrastructure investments in Australia.
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OpenAI and Anthropic urged Australia to permit a narrow, conditional exemption to its copyright ban on AI training. They argued that this compromise could safeguard artists' rights while encouraging major technology investments in the country.
Australia has ruled out exemptions to its copyright laws that would allow AI companies to use local creative content for training models without consent or payment. The government is instead planning a broad set of rules on AI and data centres to take effect starting next year.
The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence is scheduled to deliver its official report in November.
