No, you don’t need AI to read your child a bedtime story – The Irish Times
I have spent too many hours this week thinking about a single tweet, but some things stay with…
RBA relaxed about housing downturn but deeply worried by AI and bonds
Despite Australia’s rapid housing downturn, which threatens to be the worst in decades, the Reserve Bank believes the…
Most Australians don’t trust AI. Why do these countries feel differently?
Australians are the world’s biggest sceptics of artificial intelligence, even as it becomes increasingly part of everyday life.…
How artificial intelligence is reshaping global balances of power
ChatGPT and Claude may be the face of AI, but behind the screens lies a complex ecosystem of…
AI companies would need to report ‘rogue’ incidents under proposed national standards
AI companies could be legally required to report rogue incidents such as the hacking of another company, under…
The bigger, hungrier AI data centres set to escape looming water and power restrictions
Dozens of approved but yet-to-be-built AI data centre projects will escape the federal government’s proposed restrictions around energy…
Labour unveils AI Action Plan: What an incoming Labour Government would do on AI
On 9 September 2026, Labour leader Chris Hipkins and its science, technology and innovation spokesperson Reuben Davidson announced…
AI giant Anthropic wanted ‘massive’ data centre capacity in NSW, emails reveal
Internal NSW government emails reveal AI giant Anthropic was interested in building up to 5 gigawatts of AI…
Albanese to settle AI data centre energy rules, overriding defiant Queensland
The federal government expects to settle new energy and water rules for massive AI data centres at a…
How programme pressure shapes data centre construction
The data centre boom has arrived in New Zealand, driven by surging demand for digital infrastructure, including those…
Is Microsoft’s AI endgame about to cause a stock market crash?
The stock market has spent this year moving from one artificial intelligence (AI) anxiety to another. But the…
Samsung posts staggering 1,300pc profit surge as AI chip boom shows no sign of slowing
The artificial intelligence boom has delivered another eye-watering milestone this week as Samsung posted one of the biggest…