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AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

Australian artist Ben Quilty and 250 other creators allege that OpenAI scraped every image of their work from the internet without permission, claiming a massive theft of creative labor. The claim follows a similar accusation against a novel by Quilty’s wife, Kylie Needham, and has drawn criticism from Microsoft’s applied‑science director, who described the act as the “largest theft of labour in human history.” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese publicly confronted OpenAI over the Medicare data breach, yet critics argue his government remains complicit in AI’s exploitation of artists’ intellectual property.