Policy · Page 6
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
Australian Labor MP warns colleagues: let AI companies write their own rules and you will fail
Ed Husic is pushing his own party to get tougher on big tech, as the country's creative workers union demands that AI firms stop using artists' work without permission.
Meta pulled its AI image tool after users realised strangers could remix their photos without asking
A new feature let anyone tag a public Instagram account and generate AI images from its photos. Meta killed it within days, calling the launch a miss.
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Hardware Secrets Theft, Spy Tactics During Job Interviews
A 41-page lawsuit claims OpenAI coached departing Apple staff to dodge security checks, smuggle out confidential files, and bring prototype parts to job interviews.
Should Your AI Help You Do Anything You Ask, No Matter What?
A prominent tech founder says truly aligned AI should help users do whatever they want, including things that are clearly illegal. It's a big claim worth thinking through carefully.
Australia's Government Faces a Deadline on AI: Jobs, Copyright and a Prime Minister's Speech
A landmark address this week could shape how Australia regulates artificial intelligence. Workers, artists and investors are all watching closely.
Albanese to call AI a turning point as big as renewable energy, but artists get no copyright answers
Australia's prime minister will address AI policy in a Sydney speech this week, comparing the technology's rise to the renewable energy shift. Creative industries hoping for copyright protection news will have to keep waiting.
Towns Are Fighting Back Against AI Data Centers, and They Are Winning Some
From a two-person protest in Ireland to 833 active opposition groups across America, the pushback against AI's power-hungry building boom has gone mainstream.
Senator Markey's AI Bills Target Hiring Bots, Water Use, and Workplace Tracking
A package of four bills introduced in July 2025 would force companies to disclose how automated systems affect job seekers, workers, and local communities.
The Challenges Awaiting Andy Burnham as the New UK Prime Minister
Andy Burnham's upcoming leadership test: tackling UK's pressing challenges from the cost of living to geopolitics.
Bank of England gains power to regulate Amazon and Google cloud services from Monday
New rules mean the UK's central bank can directly oversee the tech companies that keep British banking running, cutting the risk of outages that could freeze millions of accounts.
Big Tech's AI Data Centres Now Emit as Much Carbon as a Third of France
Microsoft, Amazon and Google collectively pumped out 119 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide last year. The main culprit: building more data centres to feed AI demand.
Australia's creatives versus AI companies: the copyright fight heading to Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to address artificial intelligence this week as Australian artists demand their work stops being used to train AI without permission or pay.
A Scottish AI megasite promised green energy. The reality looks very different.
An £8.2 billion AI data centre complex in rural Scotland overstated its plans to run entirely on renewable power. Reporters had to leave their desks to find that out.
An Australian song hit No 1 on radio. Now people are asking if AI made it.
Josh Fawaz's cover of 'Like a Prayer' climbed to the top of Australia's national airplay chart. Music experts say it sounds like generative AI produced it, not a human.
Instagram Won't Let You Filter Out AI Posts, and Its Own AI Tool Is Already Raising Alarm Bells
Instagram's boss says you can know when a post is AI-generated, but you can't hide those posts from your feed. Meanwhile, a new Meta image tool lets users drop strangers into AI creations just by tagging them.