AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI Market Jitters: Australian shares fell as a global tech selloff revived worries about AI valuations, data-centre spending and tighter oversight. Data-centre Debate: Labor says US backlash could benefit Australia, while proposed guidelines may give communities more say over projects’ impacts on water and energy. Facial Recognition: Western Australia’s police trial scanned 1.4 million faces and led to 122 arrests, putting the technology’s privacy implications under scrutiny. Online Safety: Reddit is challenging Australia’s under-16 social media ban in the High Court, while the government argues it is needed to protect children. Research: Google is backing an Australian university’s effort to use AI to accelerate fusion research, and researchers have launched a major coral-restoration trial on the Great Barrier Reef.
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