technology Greens plant their flag on AI policy, but the portfolio is unrealistic The Greens are right that Australia's AI governance is broken — but their solution reveals a misunderstanding of what it actually takes to build a frontier AI model.
technology Help us AI, you’re our only hope. Treasury has set a stark productivity range for Australia's AI future — and the gap between the low end and the high end depends almost entirely on what businesses do next.
technology The AI race just got crowded—and Apple hasn't shown up yet The AI race has more serious contenders than it did a year ago — and the company with perhaps the strongest hand still hasn't played it.
technology How AI will disrupt workers Australia's unions have a plan for AI disruption. History suggests it won't arrive the way they're promising — and the workers most at risk aren't the ones they're thinking of.
technology Driving and EV is just better One in five new cars sold in Australia is now electric — but whether the shift is as liberating as owners claim depends entirely on where you live.
technology Governments feel the need to ‘prioritise’ AI too. Victoria has a new AI minister and no transport infrastructure minister. The question is whether that trade-off reflects a genuine plan or just a different kind of symbolism.
technology Centralisation of AI oversight as government restructures tech governance Australia's new AI office sits in the most powerful department in Canberra — but proximity to the PM could make it slower, not faster.
technology China cracks down on AI companions. What’s next? China just banned AI companionship to push young people back into the marriage market. The logic that allowed it doesn't stop at the border.
technology Musician uses computer to make a viral cover song. Industry shocked. A chart-topping cover made with AI vocals has the music industry in uproar — but is the outrage aimed at the right target?
technology Australia’s productivity will be boosted by AI, somehow… The Treasurer says AI will fix Australia's productivity problem. But from the boardroom to the budget, nobody can yet say exactly how.
technology Spotify lets 1000 flowers bloom, but tells you which ones are plastic. Spotify's new AI labelling rules sound modest — but the numbers behind the AI music panic may surprise you.
technology Government's AI copyright pledges show a lack of AI understanding Australia's AI copyright pledge sounds strong — but can you actually police what data a model was trained on, across servers in Virginia, years after the fact?
technology Australia's push to block AI training data may backfire—and won't work anyway Australia wants to protect creators from AI companies mining their work — but the policy may burden local developers far more than offshore giants.
technology Government sets AI rules before the window closes—but offers few details on what they'll actually do Labor says AI data centres will pay their own energy and water costs — but the rules aren't written yet, and the investment decisions won't wait.
technology Parliament house is not cyber secure. What could go wrong? Seven of eight mandatory cyber controls failing at Parliament House — and a 2019 state-based breach that apparently changed nothing.
technology Australian businesses race to adopt Ai so they can… One in eight Australian businesses now uses AI, and the adoption rate has tripled in three years — but the productivity data tells a very different story.
technology Senate launches inquiry into AI data centres as power demands collide with climate goals Australia's Senate is investigating AI data centres — but the real question is whether clean energy targets will bend to accommodate them.
