First Nations artists warn against AI 'double colonisation' as Meta uses work for training

Gunai woman and writer Kirli Saunders says she was disgusted upon learning Meta had "stolen" her work to train its artificial intelligence model.

The award-winning author said the company took her book Bindi from the online database LibGen, without her permission or payment.

"It was really frustrating having a large tech company steal my work and provide no apology or explanation," she told the ABC.

Saunders's book was one of thirty-seven First Nations titles used by Meta from Indigenous publishing house Magabala Books.

Magabala Books chief executive Lilly Brown said the unchecked development of AI threatened Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), and many of the works taken were deeply personal to the creators.

"This kind of history of First Nations knowledge and stori