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Australians are yet to see the benefits of AI and datacentres – and US midterms show they could be political kryptonite

Albanese should tread carefully as he struggles to make case for how the new technology will benefit ordinary votersGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastWhen will Australia see the benefits of the AI and datacentre boom? So far,…

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Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case

Scraping copyrighted material from internet could ‘potentially’ amount to acquisition of property by government, Anne Twomey saysGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastAltering copyright law to allow AI companies to scrape music, …

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Guardian Essential poll: One Nation and Labor’s primary vote on par as discontent with Albanese rises

The prime minister’s disapproval rating increases to 56%, the equal highest in Essential polls since he took the job in 2022Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s primary vote is back on par with Labor in the latest G…

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