Australian artists warn AI is ‘existential threat’ to livelihoods

7 months ago The News Room

Renowned Australian rapper Briggs has warned federal parliament that artificial intelligence represents an “existential threat” to artists’ livelihoods, if copyright protections are changed. Creative’s in Canberra rejected a push by tech companies to allow AI to train on their work without compensation. They are warning the nation’s oldest cultures could be ripped off.

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