The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) welcomes Screen Australia’s key principles for the approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a positive step forward for the agency and wider industry. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “We’re pleased to see these guidelines provide a clear direction on what the ethical use of AI should look like in…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the Government’s proposed guardrails for the safe and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in high-risk settings, which would include mandatory transparency around provenance of data and how datasets are used in AI systems. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “These guardrails are a positive step towards establishing a regulatory framework that supports the…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the Government’s proposed guardrails for the safe and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in high-risk settings, which would include mandatory transparency around provenance of data and how datasets are used in AI systems. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “These guardrails are a positive step towards establishing a regulatory framework that supports the…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild supports the journalists at Nine Publishing in their current negotiations and in their decision to take strike action. “The rights and conditions of journalists underpin a healthy and thriving media industry,” said AWG Executive Director Claire Pullen. “We support the journalists at Nine Publishing in taking a stand for better wages, more…
Continue readingThe use of AI in the creative sector is a critical issue for writers. Without immediate regulation, its use poses an existential threat to the Australian creative industries and audiences. We’ve made a joint industry submission to the Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence to highlight these threats and propose a framework for the safe and responsible use of AI….
Continue readingIndustrial contracts and rates available to AWG members have been updated for 2024, with rates increased with CPI (as of 1 January 2024). You can access the updated rates and contracts here. Further industrial resources can be accessed here. Know another writer who would benefit from these resources? Your Guild is here to support them and ensure their rights are protected. Forward this message on to them and…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild has taken a firm stand against the unregulated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Australia’s creative industries, issuing a position paper outlining the imminent threat posed by AI and an extensive framework for the appropriate regulation of its use to protect workers and audiences. As the world learns that the Writers…
Continue readingEarlier this week, the Atlantic published a search tool that allowed authors to search for their books in a dataset that has been used to train generative-AI systems. The search tool can be accessed here. The dataset – ‘Books3’ – contains approximately 183,000 pirated books, plays and other literary works. Generative AI systems have been developed or trained by scraping, or…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild has taken a firm stand against the unregulated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Australia’s creative industries, issuing a position paper outlining the imminent threat posed by AI and an extensive framework for the appropriate regulation of its use to protect workers and audiences. As the world learns that the Writers…
Continue readingEarlier this week, the Atlantic published a search tool that allowed authors to search for their books in a dataset that has been used to train generative-AI systems. The search tool can be accessed here. The dataset – ‘Books3’ – contains approximately 183,000 pirated books, plays and other literary works. Generative AI systems have been developed or trained by scraping, or…
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