Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’

Australia's government is considering a controversial deal that would grant artificial intelligence companies special exemptions to use creative content for training, in exchange for more than fifty billion dollars in datacentre investment. According to sources who spoke to the Guardian, the proposal includes a three hundred fifty million dollar annual fund to compensate artists. But creatives are pushing back hard. Independent Senator David Pocock called it the "ultimate dirty deal," warning against weakening copyright protections. The tension is stark: economic benefits versus artistic rights. The debate has galvanized Australia's creative community.

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