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Updated July 22, 2026 \u2014 10:36am,first published July 22, 2026 \u2014 9:00am<\/p>\n

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The ABC was asked by Anthropic to share decades of radio and television content in return for compensation to train its large language models, the broadcaster\u2019s boss says, though the AI giant denies it is currently in negotiations with the ABC.<\/p>\n

Hugh Marks said the tech giant, which was recently valued at $US965 billion ($1.4 trillion)<\/a>, wants access to the ABC\u2019s archives to train its Claude AI chatbot, but that media companies like the public broadcaster are in a disproportionate bargaining position. He made the comments during a panel session focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on media companies with fellow executives on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\"HughHugh Marks said the tech giant wants access to the ABC\u2019s radio archives to train its Claude AI chatbot.Dominic Lorrimer<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the interesting things for us in that discussion is that they want access to our audio content,\u201d Marks said when asked by journalist and radio host Hamish Macdonald about the ABC\u2019s ongoing negotiations over a commercial deal with Anthropic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want access to the work that you and your colleagues are doing now, and have done over generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is rare for media executives to make such a revealing comment about ongoing commercial negotiations. Nine CEO Matt Stanton declined to comment on the finer details of a recent deal<\/a> the company inked with Microsoft to use content from its titles, including this masthead.<\/p>\n

Seeking access to the ABC\u2019s news content is a \u201cgiven\u201d, Marks said, as tech giants like Anthropic, Microsoft and OpenAI want legitimacy for the information presented to those using their chatbots.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreasingly, as the world moves to video, they also want video content,\u201d Marks added.<\/p>\n

\"MarksMarks said tech giants like Anthropic, Microsoft and OpenAI want legitimacy for the information presented to those using their chatbots.Bloomberg<\/p>\n

An Anthropic spokesperson said it was not in talks with the ABC over a licensing deal: \u201cWe were surprised by these comments as we are not in commercial negotiations with ABC for licensing their content,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

During the panel discussion \u2013 which included News Corp\u2019s local executive chair Michael Miller, Stanton, SBS managing director Jane Palfreyman and Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni \u2013 the executives argued for the need for financial compensation for trusted news content and the reputations of their mastheads, developed over decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a disproportional bargaining position,\u201d Marks said.<\/p>\n

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The panel session was held as part of a new format for the ABC\u2019s Andrew Olle Media Lecture, delivered earlier in the night by Galloni, who urged further collaboration between Australian media companies as AI uptake increasingly redefines the role media plays in society.<\/p>\n

The ABC revised its principles on the use of artificial intelligence last month, introducing Claude as its AI tool of choice for its staff across the organisation.<\/p>\n

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