Creators and book industry organisations attended a Senate Inquiry hearing to oppose the proposal for a copyright exception for AI training.

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T-shirt wearing billionaire Scott Farquhar has articulated AI’s claim on Australia with rare honesty – so what will we and will we not give up? * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians owe Scott Farquhar a vote of thanks. When the Atlassian co-founder and freshly minted chair of the local tech lobby fronted the National Press Club recently, he articulated the industry’s claim on the nation with rare honesty. The T-shirt wearing billionaire shared his log cabin story about a 12-year-old who naively predicted the internet, Amazon and the mass automation of work. But it was when he pivoted to the Tech Council of Australia’s talking points that things got real. Continue reading...

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.

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