Tag: Google

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Posted on   |  by Chris Griffith
Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

Australia, US help finance Google’s new Pacific cable

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend almost $80 million connecting smaller Pacific Island nations to a new trans-Pacific subsea cable to be be built by Google between Australia and the...

Twitter fined, Google warned over eSafety reporting

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has fined X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, more than $600,000 for failing to answer questions on the steps it is taking to...

Tech giants keep local market share a secret

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tech giants are unwilling or unable to provide lawmakers with figures on their local market share despite facing new codes of conduct designed to protect competition and consumers. Representatives...

Search engines face new rules on AI-generated content

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Google and other search engines will face new obligations in Australia to prevent AI functionality on their platforms from being used to generate “synthetic” child abuse material under a...

Big Tech tells regulators to focus on ‘outcomes’ not algorithms

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The world’s biggest technology companies have dismissed concerns by Australian regulators about the potential for self-preferencing and the lack of competition, recommending that the watchdogs focus on “outcomes” rather...

Tech Council balks at EU-style AI Act

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...

Way forward on AI regulation divides Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s regulatory response to artificial intelligence is shaping up as a battleground for the Albanese government, with a divergence of views emerging from its two-month long consultation on the...

Big Tech misinformation reports ‘not working’: ACMA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Misinformation reports produced by digital platform providers like Meta, Twitter and TikTok under the voluntary industry code are “not working to provide transparency”, the communications watchdog has argued in...