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Hanson calls out govt inaction on AI safeguards

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence in Australia, warning that the technology’s many unknowns demand “enforceable safeguards”. In a wide-ranging speech to...

G7 leaders discuss ‘trusted partners’ access to top AI models

Posted on   |  by Michel Rose, Andreas Rinke and Julia Payne
G7 leaders discussed a plan to grant select “trusted partners” access to advanced AI models from US firms such as Anthropic, three diplomatic sources said on Tuesday, potentially opening...

Anthropic lands first federal govt deal with Fair Work

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthropic, the US-based AI giant behind the chatbot Claude, has struck its first direct contract with the Australian government, as its competitor OpenAI deepens an existing deal with another...

The Pope understands AI. Does Australia?

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
It is an odd moment when the Catholic Church appears to understand technology better than Silicon Valley. That moment arrived as Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, a sweeping encyclical...

OAIC backlog deepens as privacy complaints surge

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australians are flooding the privacy watchdog with complaints faster than it can resolve them, with caseloads surging 73 per cent in less than a year despite it finalising 38...