👤 Josh Taylor Technology reporter

2026-09-29 · The Guardian · Health

OpenAI ‘sorry and working to do better’ after hack of Medicare and other Australian government websites

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2026-11-03 · The Guardian · Politics

Australia rushed through ‘ill-thought-out’ under-16s social media ban, Reddit argues as high court challenge begins

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2026-11-02 · The Guardian · Politics

Reddit and libertarian group challenge Australia’s under-16s social media ban in high court

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2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Technology

Pornhub returns to Australia after banning access due to age verification rules

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2026-10-06 · The Guardian · Technology

OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’

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2026-09-28 · The Guardian · Technology

Plan for controversial $1.2bn datacentre in Sydney scrapped due to ‘emerging’ regulations

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2026-09-26 · The Guardian

🔮 “Because when it’s on your phone, you think it’s right here, or you think it might just come here.” assertive

2026-09-28 · The Guardian

🔮 “Having considered emerging federal and state policy, Goodman has concluded that it will not progress with the development application.” assertive

2026-09-29 · The Guardian

🔮 OpenAI has apologised to Australians for its agent attack on Medicare, and will front parliament next week, as the tech company revealed more details about its June hack of Australian government websites. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Guardian

🔮 In its defence against a high court challenge of the ban, the government has also argued its proposed digital duty of care legislation, allowing users to opt out of social media features such as algorithms, would ultimately have the same effect as the ban, if implemented. assertive

2026-10-03 · The Guardian

🔮 OpenAI says its review in response to the Medicare and Hugging Face agent attacks is costing the company more than US$500,000 per day, as it deploys AI to examine data that would take a human 66m years to read. mixed

2026-10-06 · The Guardian

🔮 OpenAI will use an appearance before a parliamentary committee to apologise again to Australia about the hack on Medicare last month, on the same day media and entertainment organisations argue weakening Australian copyright law for AI model training would leave artists as “roadkill”. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

🔮 Australian adults will be able to access Pornhub once again after the site brought in age-checking on Apple devices in response to legal requirements that initially saw the site block users. mixed

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

🔮 In July, Anthony Albanese said it would be “theft” if artists did not retain control over whether their work was used to build and train AI, and what they were paid for its use. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 Some reported AI had enabled them to take on work that would have previously been uneconomical (18%). assertive

2026-11-02 · The Guardian

🔮 Australia’s world-leading under-16s social media ban will face its first major legal challenge on Tuesday, as Reddit and an advocacy group headed by a libertarian politician seek to overturn the law in the high court. assertive

2026-11-03 · The Guardian

🔮 In oral arguments before the high court on Tuesday, Reddit’s counsel, Perry Herzfeld SC, argued in the years leading up to the ban legislation, a 2021 parliamentary inquiry on social media had not recommended introducing a ban, with the eSafety commissioner warning the inquiry at the time it would be a “blunt force approach”. assertive