Indigenous Australian artists say AI copies their work and sells it as "Temu slop"
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Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales says AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into "Temu slop," calling it "a theft" of cultural knowledge and artists' agency.
Scales's remarks, reported by The Guardian, describe AI-generated designs that imitate Aboriginal art.
Nava says AI-generated "Aboriginal-style" designs sold as Indigenous work cause cultural and economic harm. Prof Kathy Bowrey and Oliver Bown have proposed a Copyright Plus framework that would require AI companies to disclose their data sources.
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AIPitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales says AI is taking First Nations art and turning it into "Temu slop," calling it "a theft" of cultural knowledge and of artists' agency. Nava says AI-generated "Aboriginal-style" designs sold as Indigenous work cause cultural and economic harm, and Prof Kathy Bowrey and Oliver Bown have proposed a Copyright Plus framework requiring AI companies to disclose data sources.
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