Productivity commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations

<p>Productivity commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/30/australia-news-live-albanese-supermarket-united-arab-emirates-uae-coalition-sussan-ley-andrew-hastie-reserve-bank-rba-chalmers-interest-rates-decision-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Productivity Commission is under fire for failing to consult artists or model the impact of a key recommendation in its AI report on the creative industry, as the creative community urges the government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/australia-productivity-commission-tdm-copyright-exception-proposal">not to allow data mining exemptions</a> for big tech companies to train AI models.</p><p>First Nations rapper Adam Briggs said it would be “hard to get genie back in the bottle” if Australia allowed companies to access Australian creativity without fair pay.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/30/briggs-warns-about-artist-copyright-ai-australia-productivity-commission-abandoning-creatives">Continue reading...</a>