The Attorney General’s dedicated copyright AI group was announced with fanfare late last year before going rather quiet.
The group's 67 participants — drawn from the tech, creative and media industries — have met three times since then but have hit a crunch point over a key issue: “transparency”.
That is, what information should be required from companies to explain how they train their AI models and, crucially, what content they use in the process.
The focus on transparency — and whether the attorney general should now come up with specific, fast-tracked measures under copyright law to address related concerns — reflects a gradual realisation by policymakers, Marque Lawyers managing partner Michael Bradley told Capital Brief.
