Northern Virginia has the highest concentration of data centres on the planet, built over decades, originally to service the defence and intelligence community, and other government agencies. Virginia is...
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Alphabet unit Google has been hit with an EU antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council on Tuesday over its AI-generated summaries known as AI Overviews, a move that...
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Around a third of countries attending a military AI summit agreed last week to a declaration on how to govern deployment of the artificial intelligence technology in warfare, but...
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Key parts of Australia’s tech sector, including its two main lobby groups, donated more to Labor than the then-Coalition in the 2025 election year, new transparency data shows. Both...
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SpaceX revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training, a shift that could bolster Elon Musk’s AI ambitions. Ahead of a blockbuster...
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In recent years, governments and policymakers worldwide have been working to understand and respond to the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence. As 2026 begins, several realities are emerging – shaping local and global approaches to AI governance. Governments will fast-track...
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South Korea has introduced what it says is the world’s first comprehensive set of laws regulating artificial intelligence, aiming to strengthen trust and safety in the sector, but startups...
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Fewer than one in five government agencies are disclosing their authority to use automation technologies, a sweep of 23 agency websites shows, as government-wide reforms to improve transparency drag...
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Elon Musk is seeking up to US$134 billion (A$200 billion) from OpenAI and Microsoft, saying he deserves the “wrongful gains” that they received from his early support, according to...
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Microsoft’s commitment to pay more for its data centres’ power and water needs won’t apply in Australia, where it is spending $5 billion on digital infrastructure. Under pressure from...
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The Productivity Commission has cooled on its controversial proposal to amend copyright law so AI models can more easily train on Australian content, recommending the government bide its time...
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The federal government’s largest data centre services provider, CDC Data Centres, will maintain its relationship with the Department of Home Affairs for at least another decade after securing a...
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Canberra’s biggest tech agency is yet to fully implement a key Robodebt Royal Commission recommendation more than two years on, despite the government claiming it had, a new audit...
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CyberCX has won a second federal contract to establish a pilot cloud environment for a Pacific Island government, six months after it road-mapped the delivery of multiple such projects...