Indigenous communities call for tougher regulation against art theft by AI

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Indigenous communities are calling for tougher regulation to protect their art, culture and sacred stories from being ripped off by artificial intelligence. With AI high on the agenda of this week's Productivity Summit, experts warn the technology is mining data on First Nations culture and the law needs to adapt.

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00:00A wonder of technology...

00:04Oh, wow. It's hard to tell.

00:07...or an act of cultural theft.

00:09AI's created its own version,

00:11which means it's pretty much not protected by law.

00:15Tens of thousands of years of culture

00:17appropriated, replicated and generated in seconds.

00:21AI's got no dreaming.

00:23It's not responsible for having any kinship,

00:25country or cultural obligations.

00:28No dreaming and no permission.

00:31First Nations people should be the ones to say

00:34who reproduces the culture.

00:36This week's Productivity Summit at Parliament House

00:39considered if and how to regulate the burgeoning AI industry.

00:43The AI-generated artworks you're seeing in this story

00:46were easily created by the ABC

00:49using a combination of ChatGPT and MidJourney.

00:52Cheap, fast and readily available,

00:54enter a simple text prompt into AI

00:57and the result might look realistic,

00:59but it's missing the depth of Indigenous culture.

01:02They're both delicious decorations.

01:04If you happen to have curtains that'll go with it.

01:07But what's the story?

01:08Sites like Etsy and Adobe Stock

01:10go awash with AI-generated Indigenous-style prints for sale.

01:14It's Colonisation 101.

01:16It's going for us as a resource.

01:19Laws to protect Indigenous cultural and intellectual property

01:22are being developed by the Federal Government.

01:24For now there are very few guide rails

01:26that govern how AI accesses and uses Indigenous content.

01:30AI gets away with it.

01:33And that really harms people in their own health and wellbeing.

01:36Artificial intelligence with a lot to learn.

01:39Artificial intelligence with a lot to learn.

01:41that has a technology.

01:43If you look for it,

01:44you can view it.

01:45The padres and their own health and wellbeing.

01:46The fans are thinking of,

01:47and they're thinking of Midwestern-style...

01:48that's how they do it.

01:49They're thinking of what it is.

01:50They're thinking of themselves.

01:51Either way,

01:52you can view it.

01:53But they're thinking of the importance.

01:54If you are looking for more,

01:55you can view it.

01:56And you can view it.

01:57You can view it.

01:59Any questions?

02:01You can view it?

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