Industry Oct 8, 2026

ARIA Warns Australian Lawmakers Against Big AI's Proposed Training Methods

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“Done the way that Big AI is proposing," says ARIA's Herd, frontier training "would devastate the music industry and make Australia a pariah for rights holders globally.”

Originally published by Billboard
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ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd has cautioned Australian lawmakers that the proposed AI training methods favored by major tech companies could severely damage the nation's music industry. Herd stated that such practices would effectively turn Australia into a global pariah for music rights holders.

Herd specifically warned that the