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Labor is juggling the benefits of artificial intelligence with fears over its long-term impact on the labour market.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will hear from more than 70 corporate and creative groups as Labor kicks off the next phase of the AI copyright fight.
Documents filed with the corporate regulator show Apple's profit margins in Australia remain below 5%, well short of its global figure.
The Albanese government is preparing to announce new details on enforcing its world-first teen social media ban amid uncertainty over which platforms will be covered.
Global policy affairs chief Chris Lehane, who is visiting Australia for SXSW Sydney, downplayed fears that tough copyright laws will deter investment.
The late-stage briefings invited tech executives and industry bodies to give feedback on an expansive national AI plan set to be released by the end of the year.
Dan and Will Roberts each took home $109 million last financial year after IREN became the world's most valuable Bitcoin miner, and an ambitious AI data centre play.
The lobbying group is caught between the interests of global tech giants and its local members who have expressed support for creative sectors.
The USD500 billion startup has previously advocated for more data centres and a national upskilling program.
The Australian Recording Industry Association and other creative groups will front a Senate committee on Tuesday to oppose changes to copyright law to aid AI platforms.
The lobby group representing free-to-air TV networks has thrown its support behind a proposal to curb anti-competitive practices in digital markets — and urged the government to go further.
Copyright controversies didn't get a mention during Scott Farquhar’s National Tech Summit panel. But he did urge Australia to back digital embassies and data centres.
The tech giant has reshuffled its lobbying team as it prepares to battle Australian tech reforms that threaten to ripple into markets around the world.
OpenAI has called its latest LLM a "significant leap in intelligence". Salesforce's chief of AI research Silvio Savarese told Capital Brief he isn't so sure.
New job listings suggest the Victorian corrections department is using Palantir, a firm with deep links to the Trump administration, five years after its last public contract lapsed.
