Artificial intelligence developers will not be allowed to harvest Australian-made content for free to train their systems, under possible updates to Australia’s copyright laws.

Labor is considering major changes to Australia’s copyright laws, but has ruled out allowing technology companies to harvest data in order to train AI.

The Albanese government will consult with key stakeholders on changes to the Copyright Act in a bid to prepare creative sectors for the rise of artificial intelligence.

The technology sector has called for so-called Text and Data Mining Exemptions, which would allow big tech firms to train Large Language Models on Australian media content.

However, Labor has vowed not to introduce any such exemptions in a bid to protect creative industries.

Michael Miller, the E

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