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ABC trials AI to write digital news, picks Claude for staff
AI

ABC trials AI to write digital news, picks Claude for staff

The ABC is trialling AI to turn regional radio bulletins into digital news and rolling out Anthropic's Claude, with a July pilot and a July 28 town hall.
8 min read a day ago
America's first AI shutdown: inside the 19 days Fable 5 went dark
AI

America's first AI shutdown: inside the 19 days Fable 5 went dark

Dario Amodei spent a year asking Washington for the power to stop unsafe AI. Two days after his essay, it was used on his own models. The full story, before Monday's deadline.
8 min read a day ago
Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5
AI

Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Nineteen days after the Commerce Department cut off access, Anthropic's most powerful Claude models are back.
7 min read 5 days ago
Claude Fable 5 is back in Australia, but the 7 July cliff looms
AI

Claude Fable 5 is back in Australia, but the 7 July cliff looms

Claude Fable 5 is back for Australian users, but the 50 per cent weekly usage window at Pro and Team tiers ends 7 July.
9 min read 5 days ago
Nvidia unveils RTX Spark superchip for Windows AI PCs, with autumn 2026 ship date
Technology

Nvidia unveils RTX Spark superchip for Windows AI PCs, with autumn 2026 ship date

Nvidia announced the RTX Spark superchip at Computex 2026 with over 30 laptops and 10 desktops shipping in autumn. An engineering teardown of what Spark does and where it sits against Apple Silicon.
7 min read a month ago
Best AEO agencies in Australia for 2026: we asked four AI engines who they cite
AEO

Best AEO agencies in Australia for 2026: we asked four AI engines who they cite

When asked who the best AEO agencies in Australia are, four major AI engines named 24 different firms and agreed on almost none. That market fragmentation is the story. Below: the raw AI-engine outputs, a transparent weighted ranking that puts Bushnote first on integrated AEO + SEO capability,
8 min read a month ago
OpenAI Paid Hundreds of Millions for a Talk Show
Tech

OpenAI Paid Hundreds of Millions for a Talk Show

OpenAI acquired TBPN, Technology Business Programming Network, on April 2 for a price the Wall Street Journal reported as 'low hundreds of millions.' Hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays built a daily streaming show that became required viewing for Silicon Valley executives. OpenAI's stated rationale is
5 min read 3 months ago
Microsoft Launches Three In-House AI Models in Challenge to OpenAI
Tech

Microsoft Launches Three In-House AI Models in Challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft launched three in-house AI models on April 2, MAI-Transcribe-1 for speech-to-text, MAI-Voice-1 for expressive voice synthesis, and MAI-Image-2 for image generation, available through Microsoft Foundry. The release is less about the models themselves and more about what they mean for the co
5 min read 3 months ago
Meta Plans 20% Layoffs as AI Infrastructure Costs Mount
AI

Meta Plans 20% Layoffs as AI Infrastructure Costs Mount

The Facebook parent is weighing cuts to offset spending on AI acquisitions and compute
5 min read 3 months ago
Starcloud hits $1.1B valuation building data centers that orbit Earth
AI

Starcloud hits $1.1B valuation building data centers that orbit Earth

Seattle startup raised $170M to launch GPU-powered satellites as terrestrial data center costs spiral
6 min read 3 months ago
SK hynix Files $14B US IPO to End the Memory Chip Crisis Choking AI
Technology

SK hynix Files $14B US IPO to End the Memory Chip Crisis Choking AI

The world's HBM shortage has a name: RAMmageddon. South Korea's memory giant just filed for Wall Street's biggest tech listing in five years to fix it.
9 min read 3 months ago
Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking
AI

Anthropic Signs AI Safety Deal With Australia, Opens Economic Tracking

The first agreement under the National AI Plan gives Canberra access to Anthropic's economic index data and commits both sides to joint safety evaluations.
5 min read 3 months ago