Australian politics

Auto Added by WPeMatico

‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws

Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower houseThe federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their “best friend”.But Labor is coming

‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws Read More »

Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at handGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s major political parties are edging towards rare consensus. Labor and the Coalition increasingly want to take a major bet on artificial intelligence. Yet, just

Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher Read More »

Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group saysGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAI has already been trained on the works of Australian artists including Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave without compensation, the peak global body

Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns Read More »

‘Not our friends’: Victorian Coalition warns Advance’s ‘bizarre’ campaign may cost it majority government

Exclusive: Rightwing lobby group, which says state poll is trial run for next federal election, accused of undermining Victorian Liberal messagingGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Coalition MPs have criticised a prominent conservative lobby group’s pre-election campaign as “bizarre” and warned it may cost them majority government at next month’s

‘Not our friends’: Victorian Coalition warns Advance’s ‘bizarre’ campaign may cost it majority government Read More »

The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is risingOf all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense of inevitability that surrounds what we are told is the march

The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis Read More »

Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia

As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big tech’s financial contributions face renewed scrutinyGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastOn 14 June 2025, Anthony Albanese stood inside an enormous sphere of glass and steel, surrounded by 40,000 plants from around the world. His mind was firmly fixed on datacentres. The

Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia Read More »

One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there

The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about itGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s new AI-generated campaign video is a new low – even for them.The video – reportedly played

One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there Read More »

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

Exclusive: Revelation comes after company’s executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write messageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites Read More »

OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude

Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox

OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude Read More »

OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video

In a parliamentary inquiry, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon is questioned by independent senator David Pocock about the company’s notification process after OpenAI agents accessed Australian government website data in June. Asked why OpenAI relied on an arbitrary department email rather than direct government contacts, Kwon acknowledges that ‘in retrospect, we should have done

OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video Read More »