Google clashes with Australian media over AI training disclosure
Media executives want the government to require AI firms to disclose content used for training. Google’s resistance sets up a fight with publishers over compensation.
Google has argued against government mandates forcing it to disclose the material scraped to train its generative artificial intelligence models, setting up a fight with media companies over compensation for the use of their content.
In a submission to the government’s consultation on the high-risk adoption of generative AI, Google said it shouldn’t be forced to disclose the sources surfaced by its AI models, as website publishers can opt out of having their sites scraped.
“Finally, Google and other AI developers have made available web publisher controls for the training of generative AI models,” Google wrote in the submission, seen by Capital Brief.
“This means that disclosure requirements are not necessary as publisher controls enable rights holders to know and control ex ante whether their online content may be used for training of future models.”
