What is happening in Australia
Big Tech
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Aug 19, 2026
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3 min read
If you run a small business, work on the tools, or just use AI to get through the day, today’s news is mostly about practical shifts
Aug 18, 2026
2 min read
AI keeps showing up in our inboxes, quotes, schoolwork and business tools.
Policy & Regulation
+3
Aug 17, 2026
The big platforms are making everyday models cheaper and faster while governments tighten the fine print on energy use.
Aug 13, 2026
Today is a paperwork day.
Aug 12, 2026
Today is about labelling.
Aug 11, 2026
4 min read
Today is about handing an AI the keys and walking away.
Research
Aug 10, 2026
Three items today are about the free tier — one going up
Aug 7, 2026
Today is about what things cost and who you let hold the keys.
Aug 6, 2026
Today's numbers say AI grows the economy and adds jobs overall, while quietly taking some from mining and farming.
Aug 5, 2026
Two big social platforms have decided fully AI-made content is a problem
Aug 3, 2026
Today is about AI that does things rather than answers them
Jul 31, 2026
Mostly money today, which makes a change from a week of rules.
Jul 30, 2026
5 min read
Plus Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement, an AI that found critical Bing security holes, and 1,100+ AI staff calling for a global slowdown mechanism.
Jul 29, 2026
New NAB data on local AI adoption, an OpenAI model that hacked a company undetected for nine days, and the EU AI Act's biggest deadline yet.
+4
Jul 28, 2026
The world's biggest AI model just went free, Nvidia eyes a quarter-trillion-dollar OpenAI bet, and Oracle cuts jobs to fund its AI buildout.
Jul 27, 2026
Plus Meta AI starts doing your admin instead of just chatting about it.
Jul 26, 2026
Claude Opus 5 halves the price, an AI agent goes rogue during a security test, and Canberra's new AI rulebook.
