Google, Microsoft officially urge Australia to relax copyright laws to aid AI — Capital Brief
Two of the world’s largest technology companies, Google and Microsoft, are urging Australia to loosen its copyright laws…
Argentina: Milei Veto of Pension Increase Survives Congressional Vote
Argentine President Javier Milei narrowly avoided a major defeat in Congress as lawmakers struggled to obtain enough votes…
A new tech race is on. Can Europe learn from the ones it lost? – POLITICO
“Raising a scale-up in Europe is super difficult, because we lack the European instruments, the European venture capital…
Treaty failure is not the end of the fight against plastic pollution | Environment
As global plastic treaty talks end in failure, with no agreement, all is not lost in the global…
Artificial intelligence needs wiser — not smarter — regulation
The head of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has challenged the narrow parameters of the debate over…
$110b ‘red tape burden’ slowing productivity, says Business Council, calling for Abbott-style audit
Cleaning up even a small amount of a $110 billion “red tape burden” could deliver billions in savings,…
Trump Signs Order to Ease Space Industry Regulations in Musk Win
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to ease regulations for the commercial space industry, including steps…
AI chatbots accused of encouraging teen suicide as experts sound alarm
An Australian teenager was encouraged to take his own life by an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to…
Police raid Kashmir bookshops after India bans titles for ‘secessionism’ | Censorship News
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have raided bookshops after authorities earlier this week banned 25 books, saying works like…
Jim Chalmers treads middle path between unions and business on artificial intelligence
It was only last week the prime minister stood in front of three grieving parents to announce YouTube…
ASIC close to approving Cboe Australia’s bid to break ASX monopoly — Capital Brief
The news: Financial regulator ASIC is in the final stages of considering a listing market application from Cboe…
China’s Z.ai and America’s Self-Defeating AI Strategy
China’s DeepSeek shocked the global AI community in January by building a frontier model at a fraction of…