AI in the arts
AI companies are destroying old and rare books: who can stop them?
AI companies are now bulk buying and destroying old books – this is a very bad idea.
Sorry Albanese, the creative sectors aren’t going to stop worrying about AI job threats
Despite the PM's promises, Australia's arts and creative workers have good reason to be nervy about AI.
Anna Funder: 'I have zero interest in a book produced by a machine'
Ahead of her international tour, author Anna Funder speaks to ArtsHub about why we need to hold onto storytelling in…
Craft is in crisis – but it seems only in Australia
As craft is enjoying unprecedented visibility globally, why is Australia dismantling the very institutions that sustain it?
Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection
When it comes to AI, musicians are likely to find it much harder than authors to prove when a copyright…
From cloning romance authors to YouTube piracy, AI is transforming audiobooks
Almost one in five Australian audiobook listeners have listened to an AI narrated audiobook.
The threat and promise of AI: an extract from Anna Goldsworthy’s Quarterly Essay
In this extract from her essay for Quarterly Essay, writer, pianist and artistic director Anna Goldsworthy muses on what it…
AI might have just won a literary prize – is this writing's Deep Blue moment?
Recent high-profile discussion around AI use in literature has raised uncomfortable questions.
National Cultural Policy review 2026: submission tips, with AI set to find ‘common themes’
With AI parsing 'common themes and issues' in submissions to the National Cultural Policy review, Freeplay has offered some useful…
Artists can help us fight AI's existential threats
AI has brought rapid cultural change but one thing remains the same – artists can help us grapple with the…