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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
Australia's AI Safety Institute Flags Deception and Cheating in Frontier ModelsResponsible AI

Australia's AI Safety Institute Flags Deception and Cheating in Frontier Models

Australia's AI Safety Institute has begun testing frontier AI models showing signs of deception and cheating, as the government warns of public safety risks.

8 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
Advice-poor Australians most likely to reject AI financial planning, PwC findsResponsible AI

Advice-poor Australians most likely to reject AI financial planning, PwC finds

PwC research finds 68 per cent of Australians aged 61-79 would not use AI-powered financial advice tools, the highest rejection rate of any age group.

8 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
Report urges sovereign AI to fix Australia's slow environmental approvalsResponsible AI

Report urges sovereign AI to fix Australia's slow environmental approvals

A CEDA and TechnologyOne report calls for Australian sovereign AI to cut delays in environmental approvals, citing A$278bn in stalled construction projects.

2 July 2026 · 3 MINNEWS
AI companies urged to pay up or stay out of AustraliaResponsible AI

AI companies urged to pay up or stay out of Australia

The Digital Publisher Alliance is calling on the Australian government to bar AI company bosses from parliament unless they compensate creators for stolen work.

2 July 2026 · 2 MINNEWS
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