Grayndler Artists Revolt Against AI Scraping Plan as 10% of Albanese's Seat Works in Creative Fields
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 31
Grayndler Artists Revolt Against AI Scraping Plan as 10% of Albanese's Seat Works in Creative Fields
2 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 31
Summary
More than 3,000 creative businesses in Anthony Albanese’s Grayndler electorate are pushing back against Labor’s proposal to let AI companies scrape Australians’ online work by default.
Artists and designers say an opt-out model would force creators to police misuse of their own work, while AI firms including Anthropic and OpenAI argue current copyright rules make local model training too difficult.
The backlash lands in a seat where 10% of workers are in cultural and creative jobs versus 4.2% nationally, sharpening pressure on Albanese despite his long-held safe margin.
Draft AI laws are due by year-end and parliament is expected to consider them in 2027, after Coalition senators and the recording industry warned the changes could trigger constitutional property-compensation claims.