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Anthony Albanese used his first major speech on AI to call it an urgent challenge and opportunity for Australia. The speech — announcing a...

Anthony Albanese used his first major speech on AI to call it an urgent challenge and opportunity for Australia. The speech — announcing a new Office of AI and data centre standards — signaled that Australia is taking AI seriously but saved the tough decisions for later. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/albanese-artficial-intelligence-speech-sydney-university/106917888

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i am not a lawyer but i'm pretty sure this means australia currently has no laws

i am not a lawyer but i'm pretty sure this means australia currently has no laws

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Most people don't know much about how journalism is done, typically because it's not public or isn't well explained. To help people out, I'...

Most people don't know much about how journalism is done, typically because it's not public or isn't well explained. To help people out, I've put a simple guide to how I do reporting and what you can expect if you contact me. I hope this helps! https://cameronwilson.com.au/guide-to-my-reporting/

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As Telstra faces an investigation into the outage caused by a vulnerability it was warned about, an expert handpicked by the government to...

As Telstra faces an investigation into the outage caused by a vulnerability it was warned about, an expert handpicked by the government to review its critical infrastructure law said she warned that legal gaps may mean companies like Telstra did not have to protect these systems https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/telstra-gps-timing-network-failure-back-up-systems/106902532

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NEW: Telstra was repeatedly warned by government and experts about the type of vulnerability that brought down its network. This morning, T...

NEW: Telstra was repeatedly warned by government and experts about the type of vulnerability that brought down its network. This morning, Telstra CEO Vicki Brady said this risk was "well-known" but didn't confirm if it had a back-up system or plan for this type of problem. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-10/telstra-warned-about-vulnerability-before-national-outage/106896906

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nice try, company HR!

nice try, company HR!

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NEW: The first major review of AI's impact on the Australian job market by the federal government has found that there is no significant la...

NEW: The first major review of AI's impact on the Australian job market by the federal government has found that there is no significant labour upheaval yet — but picked up some early warning signs that growth in jobs that are most exposed to AI is slowing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/government-report-finds-ai-not-yet-causing-mass-job-losses/106889304

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NEW: Research on online child sexual victimisation finds AI is now both a major tool of abuse and support. One in 25 teens— about one per c...

NEW: Research on online child sexual victimisation finds AI is now both a major tool of abuse and support. One in 25 teens— about one per class —has experienced, or has a friend who has experienced, AI-involved abuse Teens are now more likely to tell AI than authorities https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/1-in-25-children-targeted-with-ai-sexual-imagery/106878000

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AFR's Street Talk column got their hands on Anthropic's computing demand tender to Australian data centre companies: 1.4 gigawatts of capac...

AFR's Street Talk column got their hands on Anthropic's computing demand tender to Australian data centre companies: 1.4 gigawatts of capacity, with 1 gigawatt by the end of 2027. That's more than capacity of the entire Australia's data centre industry in 2025.

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NEW: The ABC has told staff that it's not a question whether the broadcaster will use AI, but how. It's rolling out new tools, hiring AI sp...

NEW: The ABC has told staff that it's not a question whether the broadcaster will use AI, but how. It's rolling out new tools, hiring AI specialists and trialing using AI to help write web articles from radio news. Experts & the MEAA cautiously welcome plans, but warn misuse could erode trust. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/abc-new-ai-policies/106844364

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you gotta be kidding me

you gotta be kidding me

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Interesting insight into One Nation's views on AI and data centres: NSW senator Sean Bell says he's concerned that Australia may become dep...

Interesting insight into One Nation's views on AI and data centres: NSW senator Sean Bell says he's concerned that Australia may become dependant on Chinese data centres if we don't build them here, but also says the public is worried about data centres and renewable energy being built near them.

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any one that schedules a meeting or makes a call to you during the match is a bum

any one that schedules a meeting or makes a call to you during the match is a bum

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Australian-founded data centre company IREN has signed a deal to be the NBA team Golden State Warrior's offical "AI cloud partner" and will...

Australian-founded data centre company IREN has signed a deal to be the NBA team Golden State Warrior's offical "AI cloud partner" and will have a logo on their jersey. Do with that what you will.

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A lot of the response to the failure to enforce Australia's teen social media ban has focused on the companies, naturally. One question I h...

A lot of the response to the failure to enforce Australia's teen social media ban has focused on the companies, naturally. One question I have is: should the government pursued a policy on a crucial issue that they were warned could be a struggle to enforce? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/24/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-no-substantial-effects-study

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NEW: Industry Minister Tim Ayres has clashed with senator David Pocock over claims cabinet is considering AI copyright changes Pocock says...

NEW: Industry Minister Tim Ayres has clashed with senator David Pocock over claims cabinet is considering AI copyright changes Pocock says a whistleblower says one plan would exempt AI training from copyright law to get billions in data centre investments and a new creative fund https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/ai-australian-copyright-david-pocock-claims/106832022

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hello does anyone here have a kalshi account and would be willing to help me out with something 🥸

hello does anyone here have a kalshi account and would be willing to help me out with something 🥸

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NEW: Australians lose access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI models after the company pulls them in response to Trump admin order. https://...

NEW: Australians lose access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI models after the company pulls them in response to Trump admin order. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/anthropic-ordered-to-halt-foreign-access-to-ai-models/106794456?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

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well there ya go

well there ya go

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NEW: Dozens of Australian government agencies missed their first test of self-policing their AI use. While these agencies are now compliant...

NEW: Dozens of Australian government agencies missed their first test of self-policing their AI use. While these agencies are now compliant, the lapses show pitfalls in Australia's decision to task existing regulators to make their own AI rules instead of a central AI act. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-12/government-agencies-miss-ai-transparency-test/106789344

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accidentally went to mastodon dot com rather than mastodon dot social and can i get a hell yeah

accidentally went to mastodon dot com rather than mastodon dot social and can i get a hell yeah

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NEW: As Australians line up to buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO later this week, Australian government officials are privately flagging...

NEW: As Australians line up to buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO later this week, Australian government officials are privately flagging the risks of the country's growing reliance on its satellite internet service, Starlink, according to internal documents https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/spacex-risk-elon-musk-starlink-satellite-regulation/106779898

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NEW: The VIQ Solution scandal has grown to include 13 government agencies. VIQ allegedly secretly used Indian subcontractors to transcribe...

NEW: The VIQ Solution scandal has grown to include 13 government agencies. VIQ allegedly secretly used Indian subcontractors to transcribe sensitive legal & government documents. There's now a probe by the privacy commissioner and a call for a forensic audit of the files. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/viq-solutions-contracts-ato-special-investigator-defence/106771442

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I’m going to spend $30,000 on Claude fable tokens building the world’s most secure version of this app Crossposted with https://mastodon.social/@openvibe

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Australia has welcomed a call from Anthropic to plan to slow down or even freeze AI development if the technology starts getting out of con...

Australia has welcomed a call from Anthropic to plan to slow down or even freeze AI development if the technology starts getting out of control. Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton says "the pace of progress must not outstrip understanding or undermine safety across society"

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Getting to know the AI beat, one thing has come up with ordinary people, industry, politicians, academics, activists: Most Australians do n...

Getting to know the AI beat, one thing has come up with ordinary people, industry, politicians, academics, activists: Most Australians do not trust AI or the people behind it. It's a big issue for an industry that needs people to adopt its products and share their resources.

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Australia can avoid an US-style backlash against AI if it acts now to keep Australians safe from the harms of the new technology, Assistant...

Australia can avoid an US-style backlash against AI if it acts now to keep Australians safe from the harms of the new technology, Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton said as he announced that the government's AI Safety Institute is now up and running.

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Telstra's chief expects the telco will have a smaller workforce by end of the decade because of the influence of AI

Telstra's chief expects the telco will have a smaller workforce by end of the decade because of the influence of AI

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Scoop: Australia has picked a philosopher and air force reservist to lead a new body tasked with keeping Australians safe from the harms of...

Scoop: Australia has picked a philosopher and air force reservist to lead a new body tasked with keeping Australians safe from the harms of AI. Dr Kate Conroy started this month at the Australian AI Safety Institute, which will monitor, test and share info on emerging threats from AI. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/kate-conroy-leading-ai-safety-institute/106736306

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Attorney-General Michelle Rowland rules out explicitly trading copyright reform for Australian access to AI models "This notion that access...

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland rules out explicitly trading copyright reform for Australian access to AI models "This notion that access to mythos depends on Australia weakening its current copyright regime is a false one, and will not be entertained by the government.”

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Data centres powering AI could demand as much new electricity as cars & houses until 2040, per Greenpeace analysis. It's not just the size...

Data centres powering AI could demand as much new electricity as cars & houses until 2040, per Greenpeace analysis. It's not just the size of the energy demand, but also its immediacy: forecasts for data centre energy use jumped 6x over the last year https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/ai-data-centres-pressuring-energy-transition-greenpeace-says/106722390

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Attorney-General Michelle Rowland says there are no plans to weaken Australia's copyright laws for AI, as Australia's top creative and medi...

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland says there are no plans to weaken Australia's copyright laws for AI, as Australia's top creative and media groups urge the government to "hold the line" in response to my report earlier this week. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-22/federal-politics-live-blog-is-linked-group-may-be-prosecuted/106709642?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-296878

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NEW: Anthropic's top lawyer is in Australia & government officials are asking after its new AI model, Mythos, that it says is "too dangerou...

NEW: Anthropic's top lawyer is in Australia & government officials are asking after its new AI model, Mythos, that it says is "too dangerous" to release. It's fueling Australia's efforts to woo Anthropic, even opening up talks on copyright reform, an internal briefing shows https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/anthropic-jeffery-bleich-in-australia-for-government-talks/106696532

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rack off LG I’ve got a lot on my plate right now

rack off LG I’ve got a lot on my plate right now