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Australia's PM Promises Fast-Track Approvals for AI Data Centres. Critics Say That's Not Enough.
Anthony Albanese wants to speed up permits for the giant computer facilities that power AI. But policy experts warn Australia needs accountability guardrails first.
Australia Plans a Single Office to Oversee All of AI's Risks and Rewards
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will be the first country to bring economic, security, social and environmental AI concerns under one national roof, while fast-tracking approvals for data centres.
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.
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.
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.
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.