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Albanese AI copyright stance draws comparisons to Australia's gas giveawayResponsible AI

Albanese AI copyright stance draws comparisons to Australia's gas giveaway

Economist Richard Denniss argues Australia risks repeating its gas resources mistake by trading away creators' copyright to attract AI data centres.

19 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
ANU accused of 'hysterical' response to AI cheating as universities scramble to secure assessmentsResponsible AI

ANU accused of 'hysterical' response to AI cheating as universities scramble to secure assessments

An ANU academic has labelled the university's AI cheating response 'hysterical', while a colleague warns Australia risks shipping its intellectual capability overseas.

19 July 2026 · 4 MINNEWS
Budgetly launches AI bookkeeping for Australian SMEsAI Policy & Regulation

Budgetly launches AI bookkeeping for Australian SMEs

Budgetly has released an AI Bookkeeping feature for Australian small and medium businesses, automating transaction coding, GST extraction and receipt checks.

14 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
Is Australia's Most-Played Radio Song Actually Made by AI?Responsible AI

Is Australia's Most-Played Radio Song Actually Made by AI?

Josh Fawaz's cover of Like a Prayer topped Australia's National Radio Airplay chart, but music experts say it shows hallmarks of AI generation tools like Suno.

14 July 2026 · 4 MINNEWS
Secret AI Copyright Proposals Threaten Australian Creatives, Senator WarnsResponsible AI

Secret AI Copyright Proposals Threaten Australian Creatives, Senator Warns

Senator David Pocock reveals the Albanese government was secretly weighing proposals to weaken copyright protections for Australian creatives training AI models.

12 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
BLOCKED: Army AI Drones Exercise Southern JackarooAI Policy & Regulation

BLOCKED: Army AI Drones Exercise Southern Jackaroo

This candidate has been blocked. The primary source host australianaviation.com.au is not on the Mindiam source whitelist and no whitelisted corroborating URLs were supplied.

12 July 2026 · 2 MINNEWS
Aussie Workers Are Increasingly Exposing Customer Data to Public AIResponsible AI

Aussie Workers Are Increasingly Exposing Customer Data to Public AI

New PagerDuty research finds 40% of Australian workers have uploaded customer data to public AI tools, despite company policies and privacy risks.

11 July 2026 · 4 MINNEWS
Australian firms warned over AI brand visibility raceResponsible AI

Australian firms warned over AI brand visibility race

Atlas Digital warns Australian businesses have less than two years to shape how AI systems represent them, as AI referral traffic surges 1,200 per cent.

10 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
ANU researchers train humans to spot AI-generated faces as deepfake fraud risesResponsible AI

ANU researchers train humans to spot AI-generated faces as deepfake fraud rises

Australian National University researchers have shown humans can be trained to detect AI-generated faces, offering a scalable defence against deepfake fraud.

10 July 2026 · 2 MINNEWS
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