'Amazon, Google and Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train AI, Australian inquiry finds' - 'Labor senator Tony Sheldon, the inquiry’s chair, was frustrated by the multinationals’ refusal to answer direct questions about their use of Australians’ private and personal information...He called the tech companies “pirates” that were “pillaging our culture, data, and creativity for their gain while leaving Australians empty-handed.”' @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/27/amazon-google-and-meta-are-pillaging-culture-data-and-creativity-to-train-ai-australian-inquiry-finds