TechAI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says

Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales, who chairs the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, says AI undermines artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work, amounting to a “theft” of cultural knowledge. Experts warn that AI systems have scraped art without payment, removed artists’ names and altered works, causing cultural and economic harm.

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