Australians are worried about the rise of Artificial Intelligence, and they have every right to be.

AI has turbocharged the proliferation of scams, deepfakes, disinformation and harmful content, while the big AI developers like Amazon and Meta are doing nothing to stop it.

At the same time, the work of our creative and media workforce is being stolen to train AI – which is then being used to undercut and replace them. This theft is threatening the existence of Australian arts, media, and culture.

A survey of our members in the creative and media industries found that 65% are worried that their job will be replaced by AI.

Who will tell Australian stories if there are no artists, actors, journalists, or writers? Australians need to be able to trust that the news they read, the film and television they watch, and the music they listen to has been produced by artists and journalists whose work has not been compromised by AI.

Actors, musicians, journalists and other creative and media workers are campaigning for strong laws to regulate AI that protects people from being harmed by this technology, stops the theft of their work and empowers people to decide how AI will be used in their homes and in their work.

Sign the open letter to Mark Zuckerberg!

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Find out more:

• MEAA AI survey →

• MEAA submission to the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence →

• Media release: Media, creative and arts workers demand action from government →