Anthropic proposes opt-out model for Australian content amid ABC warnings
Anthropic urged Australia’s government to adopt an opt-out model for training AI models on copyrighted works, conceding it won’t win a blanket copyright exemption. The company’s submission to a federal parliamentary inquiry called for ‘conditional approval’ via signals like robots.txt files, arguing this would provide legal certainty for AI developers while supporting national cultural…
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- Anthropic proposes an opt-out model for training AI models on Australian copyrighted works, using robots.txt signals
- ABC and SBS warn AI firms’ unregulated access threatens news industry sustainability and public trust
- Government rules out blanket copyright exemptions but may consider opt-out measures for AI training
Australia’s public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS, strongly oppose AI firms’ access to copyrighted content without compensation or regulation. In their submissions, they warned of ‘cannibalisation’ of mainstream news and called for AI companies to face the same copyright, defamation, and privacy rules as media outlets. Both broadcasters advocated including AI firms in the news bargaining incentive, which currently applies to platforms like Facebook and Google. The ABC and SBS argued that unregulated AI services currently enjoy unfair advantages over established media, undermining journalism sustainability and public trust. The joint select committee on AI will hold hearings next week, with executives from Anthropic and OpenAI attending after a recent data breach incident involving an Anthropic agent.
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Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news
The Guardian AI · 1 October 2026
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