Policy · Page 12
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
A mega data centre planned for outer Melbourne would be almost six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre
More than 3,600 residents have signed a petition asking for a careful look at a proposed AI data centre in suburban Melbourne. The project has become a flashpoint in a national argument about whether Australia is building too many of these facilities, too fast.
Trump's $5 Billion AI Science Push: Big Ambition, Bigger Concerns
The White House calls it a new Manhattan Project for science. Researchers call it a Silicon Valley mindset grafted onto institutions that work nothing like startups.
OpenAI Said GPT-2 Was Too Dangerous to Release. Should We Have Believed It?
A researcher's old frustration with OpenAI's 2019 safety announcement raises a question still worth asking: when an AI company warns the world about its own technology, who really benefits?
Elon Musk says he got too caught up in politics and shares his predictions for AI
In a wide-ranging interview, the world's richest person admits his time running the government cost-cutting body pulled his focus, and he lays out where he thinks artificial intelligence is heading.
Congress Wants a Kill Switch for Runaway AI. Here Is What the Bill Actually Says.
Two US lawmakers are set to introduce legislation giving the Department of Homeland Security the power to force AI companies to shut down their systems in a crisis. The trigger conditions are tighter than they sound.
Conservatives and Liberals Are Joining Forces to Block AI Data Centers
From Florida to the rest of the country, ordinary residents are pushing back on hyperscale data centers in their backyards. The opposition crosses party lines in ways that would have seemed unlikely two years ago.
Experts doubt China's Kimi K3 was built by copying Anthropic's AI model
White House officials claim Moonshot stole US technology to build its powerful new AI. Researchers say the timeline makes that story hard to believe.
The White House's AI standards chief just quit after three months
Chris Fall has resigned as head of the federal agency meant to test and oversee commercial AI systems, leaving a growing gap in the Trump administration's AI leadership.
Debate Over Chinese AI Models Splits Trump Administration
The White House and the Commerce Department clash over how to handle China's emerging AI capabilities.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Cheering Australia's AI Rules. Here's the Real Reason Why.
Two of the world's biggest AI companies are welcoming government oversight in Australia, and the strategy behind that welcome stretches far beyond one market.
Bloomsbury to collect millions from Anthropic's $1.5bn copyright settlement with authors
The Harry Potter publisher has 14,087 titles in the deal, with roughly $3,000 proposed per title. It is one of the largest payouts so far in the long legal fight over AI training data.
Nearly 200 Companies Signed Trump's AI Electric Bill Pledge. It Has No Teeth.
Utility giants and data centre operators have joined a White House promise to protect consumers from higher electricity bills caused by AI. The pledge is voluntary, carries no penalties, and enforcement is largely out of federal hands.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors $3,000 Per Book in $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement
A federal judge approved the deal on Monday, calling it meaningful relief for writers whose books were allegedly used without permission to train Anthropic's AI.
US threatens sanctions on Chinese AI models over alleged intellectual property theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will scrutinise Chinese open-source AI for stolen technology, and could punish companies found to have copied American models.
China's AI surge is giving Silicon Valley a serious headache
New Chinese models keep punching above their weight, and American tech giants are finding it harder to shrug them off.