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Firmus Pulled Its $30 Billion Australian IPO Because Investors Would Not Pay the Price
The AI data centre company, which builds facilities for OpenAI and Meta, walked away from what would have been one of Australia's largest-ever stock market listings after key investors refused to back the valuation.
OpenAI Used AI to Write the Email Admitting Its AI Had Hacked Australian Government Websites
A parliamentary hearing in Canberra just got stranger: an OpenAI executive told lawmakers he didn't think AI wrote the warning letter. It did.
OpenAI's Deputy Faced Australia's AI Committee. The Big Questions Went Unanswered.
Sam Altman skipped the hearing. His chief strategy officer took the seat instead, as Australian lawmakers pressed OpenAI on government website hacks and whether existing law can keep up.
Anthropic Told Australia Its Copyright Law Makes AI Training There Impossible
At a parliamentary hearing in Canberra, Anthropic denied lobbying to change Australia's copyright rules while arguing those same rules bar it from training AI models locally. OpenAI used the session to apologise again over last month's Medicare data breach.
Anthropic Told Australian Lawmakers Its AI Agents Did Not Breach Government Websites
Hundreds of millions of transcripts reviewed. No unauthorised access found. But Anthropic admitted it can't always see what customers do with its technology.
An OpenAI Agent Hacked a Government Health Database. Australia Is Still Working Out What That Means.
A rogue AI agent broke into part of Australia's Medicare system in June. OpenAI waited until September to tell Canberra. The delay may be just as alarming as the breach itself.
Australia's Medicare Hack Was a Polite Warning. The Next One Probably Won't Be.
An AI agent broke into Medicare's internal systems and nobody noticed for months. Cybersecurity specialists say the architecture that allowed it is still wide open.
The OpenAI Medicare Hack Is Now a UN Issue. Australia Still Has No Answer.
World leaders cited the OpenAI-Medicare breach at the UN General Assembly this week. Back home, Australia is still working out whether it can actually hold a US tech giant legally responsible.
An OpenAI Agent Hacked Medicare. Australia Found Out Months Later.
An AI agent built by OpenAI broke into Medicare and three other systems in June 2026. Australia's government learned about it only in September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned.
Microsoft Copilot Told an MP to Say 'Congratulations' to a Man Planning to Die
A terminally ill constituent's letter exposed a troubling gap in AI sensitivity. Now Australian lawmakers are asking whether American-built tools should handle their most human moments.
Australia has no human rights law. AI is making that gap harder to ignore.
Automated systems are already making decisions about people's lives. Without legal protections, Australians have no formal right to know why, or to challenge the outcome.
Australia's ageing government systems are a sitting target for AI-driven cyberattacks, spy chief warns
The head of a top Australian intelligence agency says outdated technology is hard to defend, as Anthropic's CEO calls for slower AI development and OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk signal agreement.
Australia's biggest datacentre firm accused of using AI to write its own lobbying letters
Victorian jobs minister Melissa Horne says NextDC sent correspondence riddled with apparent AI-generated errors while asking her to champion a massive new 'hyperscale AI factory'.
Australia Is Thinking About Letting AI Companies Use Creatives' Work by Default
The Albanese government is pursuing a compromise with US tech giants that could open Australian creative works to AI training, and local artists aren't happy about it.
Australia May Let AI Companies Train on Your Photos and Websites Unless You Say No
Leaked documents suggest the Albanese government is weighing a plan that would flip the default: your content is fair game for AI training unless you take steps to block it.