Australia has banned generative artificial intelligence from official music charts, a decision announced by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) on August 25, 2026, making it the first…
Parents are increasingly restricting children's access to technology and social media, a trend highlighted by Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book 'The Anxious Generation' and Australia's 2024 ban on social med…
Australia's top music charts will ban wholly AI-generated songs under new rules effective Friday, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) announced Tuesday, requiring music to be 'substan…
Goldman Sachs reported on August 19 that artificial intelligence is measurably slowing job openings growth across major developed economies, with US call center employment falling 39% below its histor…
Mexico is exploring ways to regulate social media use among children and adolescents, with President Claudia Sheinbaum inviting experts to her daily press conference and planning discussions with teac…
The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must choose sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative if they a…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a vision of an AI future arguing that humanity is not a monoculture and that no singular superintelligence can align with everyone's opposing values. Australian poli…
Meta Platforms Inc. said it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country's youth…
LLM Pulse's analysis of 137,038 ChatGPT answers collected between 25 July and 4 August 2026 found that 71.9% of 36,153 US answers carried at least one ad, with 34,514 ads total. The study, which track…
Australia's federal government proposed mandatory national standards on July 15 requiring large new data centres to underwrite new power supply, pay connection costs, reduce load when needed, and limi…
A 60-minute media literacy course significantly improves older adults' ability to identify and resist misinformation, according to a new report from Australian researchers. The study, which trained 79…
Science fiction author and journalist Cory Doctorow warns that when the AI bubble bursts, executives who replaced staff with AI tools will face a 'really long time' to recover lost skills, and caution…
Australia will require AI companies to generate more energy than they consume and to stop using copyrighted content without permission, according to a new government policy announced July 15, 2026. Th…
Australia is pushing a "net-positive" energy mandate for AI, requiring the industry to produce more power than it consumes, turning data centers from power drains into energy assets. The approach also…
OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly supported Australia's new AI regulations, a move that analysts say is part of a broader strategy to shape global rules in their favor. The companies hope to follow t…
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with his Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts in Manila on Wednesday, agreeing to deepen cooperation on energy security, critical mineral supply…
Singapore-based used car platform Carro, valued at about US$3 billion in 2025 and operating across eight Asia-Pacific markets, has completed an acquisition in Australia to enter one of the region's mo…
Australia will require large AI data centers to generate as much power as they consume and ensure creators retain control over work used to train AI, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Wednesda…
Australia will become the first country to unify all AI-related policies—economic, social, national security, and environmental—under a single Office of AI, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced o…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that Australia will legislate new standards requiring tech companies like Anthropic to obtain consent and pay for using artists' creative work, calling unauth…