Public commons for public good

With AI scraping vast amounts of content online, is the concept of public commons - a shared public resource with rules around access and use - under threat? In this DoubleTake podcast, we explore the future of the public information commons in the age of AI. Paul Keller, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, joins CMT's Michael Davis to discuss how public commons can be maintained in the face of AI’s increasing gatekeeping role.

Keller discusses why the impact of generative AI on the information ecosystem extends far beyond copyright or licensing, raising broader public interest issues such as supporting and safeguarding the full spectrum of information producers, from independent creators to major news organisations to maintain a healthy and pluralistic information ecosystem.

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Also – for some extra and very interesting reading – you can access the CMT’s recent submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications on gambling reform, and in particular the impact of proposed reforms on news and current affairs programs. You can read our submission here.