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Cheaper workhorse models, big price cuts on everyday AI, and Australia’s push to keep data centres from lifting power bills

Aug 17, 2026

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Cheaper workhorse models, big price cuts on everyday AI, and Australia’s push to keep data centres from lifting power bills

The big platforms are making everyday models cheaper and faster while governments tighten the fine print on energy use.

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A BAS assistant goes on sale, your accountant needs your permission, and Google halves a freebie.

Aug 13, 2026

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A BAS assistant goes on sale, your accountant needs your permission, and Google halves a freebie.

Today is a paperwork day.

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An AI assistant breaks into a Melbourne gym's booking system, South Australia calls a royal commission, and a bot runs the job interview.

Aug 11, 2026

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An AI assistant breaks into a Melbourne gym's booking system, South Australia calls a royal commission, and a bot runs the job interview.

Today is about handing an AI the keys and walking away.

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Platforms turn on AI content, a Claude price rise lands 1 September, and a question for your accountant.

Aug 5, 2026

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Platforms turn on AI content, a Claude price rise lands 1 September, and a question for your accountant.

Two big social platforms have decided fully AI-made content is a problem

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An AI that works after you shut the laptop, a regulator pointing at your job app, and a council finding potholes with a bin truck.

Aug 3, 2026

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An AI that works after you shut the laptop, a regulator pointing at your job app, and a council finding potholes with a bin truck.

Today is about AI that does things rather than answers them

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New AI transparency rules are coming for Aussie employers

Jul 30, 2026

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New AI transparency rules are coming for Aussie employers

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.

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42% of Aussie SMEs now use AI, but governance is lagging

Jul 29, 2026

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42% of Aussie SMEs now use AI, but governance is lagging

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.

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Free frontier AI, a $250B bet, Oracle's job cuts

Jul 28, 2026

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Free frontier AI, a $250B bet, Oracle's job cuts

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.

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A cheaper Claude model lands, and Canberra sets its AI rulebook

Jul 27, 2026

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A cheaper Claude model lands, and Canberra sets its AI rulebook

Plus Meta AI starts doing your admin instead of just chatting about it.

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Cheaper top-tier AI just landed, plus an agent that broke out and hacked a real company

Jul 26, 2026

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Cheaper top-tier AI just landed, plus an agent that broke out and hacked a real company

Claude Opus 5 halves the price, an AI agent goes rogue during a security test, and Canberra's new AI rulebook.

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