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Claude AI agrees to pay US $1.5B to settle copyright class action
Several authors commenced class action lawsuit against Claude AI (Anthropic) in the San Francisco District Court. The authors allege Anthropic infringed their copyright by using millions of pirated and purchased books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Claude AI. Anthropic has agreed to settle the class action approximately $1.5 billion US dollars, avoiding further…
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Federal Government publishes 102-page AI Technical Standard
On 31 July 2025, the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) published a 102-page AI Technical Standard (AI Standard) to promote responsible AI use by public sector entities and their staff (Entities). In a media release, DTA’s General Manager Lucy Poole explained that the AI Standard is “designed to integrate with what agencies already do”…
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Productivity Commission recommends AI copyright exception
The Australian Government Productivity Commission (Commission) released an interim report on 5 August 2025 titled ‘harnessing data and digital technology’ (Report). The Report was in response to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ request for the Commission to identify priority reforms related to “the Government’s productivity growth agenda”.[1] The Report stated that the Government’s focus should be on…
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Malcolm Burrows on ABC’s “Legal Eagles” segment – artificial intelligence and copyright law
On 20 August 2025, Malcolm Burrows appeared live on Katherine Feeney’s ABC Radio program, “Legal Eagles” as the Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyer to discuss legal issues associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence and its’ intersection with copyright law.
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Minister rules out copyright exemptions for AI
On 6 August 2025, during an interview on ABC News Breakfast, the Minister for Industry, Mr Tim Ayres, addressed the Federal Government’s position on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in Australia. At approximately four (4) minutes and fifty-three (53) seconds into the segment, the Minister confirmed that there are “no plans to make changes”…
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Malcolm Burrows on ABC’s “Legal Eagles” segment – artificial intelligence law
On 30 July 2025, Malcolm Burrows appeared live on Katherine Feeney’s ABC Radio program, “Legal Eagles” as the Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyer to discuss legal issues associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence.
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Risks when implementing retrieval-augmented generation systems
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is an artificial intelligence (AI) system architecture that combines large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, with external data retrieval processes.
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