By The AFR View
Publication Date: 2026-02-19 07:04:00
The race for artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a competition to see which country can provide the most energy and water needed to power the massive data centers that provide the computing power needed to train people like Claude and ChatGPT.
But that’s only part of the picture. The flight of AI capital is also shaped by the appeal of democratic values and permissive copyright rules. Since Australia is still a democracy, it’s safe to assume that questions about copyright were raised at the meeting between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Australia’s Deputy Minister for Technology and Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton. The couple met on Wednesday evening on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in Delhi.
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