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AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says
Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their workGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said.Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group,
Published Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 14:00

Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their workGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAI is taking First Nations art and turning it into “Temu slop”, the Pitjantjatjara artist Sally Scales has said.Scales, the chair of the National Gallery of Australia’s First Nations advisory group, says the technology is undermining the agency of First Nations artists and the authenticity of their work and represents a “a theft” of cultural knowledge. Continue reading...
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