Emma Garlett: AI’s digital colonialism

Emma Garlett, AI revolution poses great risk to First Nations creative work, threatens cultural sovereignty, The Nightly, 13 August 2025

If you’re not using artificial intelligence right now you’re already behind — that’s the view of those urging us to jump on the AI wave or risk missing out.

Among those advocating for a open-armed embrace of the AI revo

lution is the Productivity Commission. The commission last week released a paper which proposed creating a carve-out in Australia’s digital copyright laws which would allow tech companies free access to protected materials to train its AI models.

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