‘It is theft, plain and simple’: Media union fronts Senate to demand action on AI training
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) members have fronted Senate to give evidence regarding what it deems “the biggest corporate swindle in history”, the use of artificial intelligence to steal the work of the media, creative, and art sectors, and devalue their professions.
Appearing at the Senate Select Committee hearing on Adopting Artificial Intelligence on Tuesday morning in Canberra, MEAA members have urged the government to introduce laws requiring disclosure of data used to train AI, and enforcing the right for creators to consent to and be paid for their work being used for such purposes.
MEAA is asking the Federal Government to enacts laws to regulate the rollout of AI in the creative and media industries amid “mounting concern that the work of Australian creatives and journalists is being systematically scraped to train AI without their knowledge, consent, or compensation”.
