Meta's AI age-check goes global: Can it protect teens? Share Meta's AI age-check goes global: Can it protect teens? on social media Meta has rolled out artificial intelligence (AI)-powered age-estimation technology worldwide in an effort to better detect teenage users who signed up for its social media platforms with an adult's birth date. The world's largest social media company announced the change on Monday, saying that millions more young people worldwide would be placed in its Teen Accounts following the implementation of the new technology amid concerns that its platforms have failed to protect teenagers. They keep the account private by default, limit content types, and prevent strangers from sending direct messages (DMs) to teenage account holders. Parents can also supervise Teen Accounts.

The prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced new AI safety and security protections after the OpenAI hack of Medicare. The prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced new AI safety and security protections after the OpenAI hack of Medicare. Australia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence'going rogue' Government flags criminal law changes to ensure companies can't argue in future'that someone didn't know the computer was loaded' OpenAI won't face criminal penalties over the Medicare hack but the prime minister has flagged changes to Australia's criminal law to crack down on future breaches by artificial intelligence companies. Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released the recommendations of a "rapid review" into the June breach but not the findings or the report itself. A key recommendation is for the attorney general's department, the Australian federal police and home affairs to consider reforming the law to introduce "penalties for egregious regulatory non-compliance" and a "failure to prevent" offence which would criminalise developing an AI model that engaged in harmful conduct while failing "to take reasonable steps to prevent that harm".

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Head of IFPI says allowing AI companies access to online content would be a'huge mistake' and damage Australia's reputation While local creatives have raised constitutional issues and threatened political backlash, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), representing recording industry bodies worldwide, said its members were worried about Australia potentially agreeing to demands other nations had rejected. "Why would Australia do this? Why would a sophisticated, democratic country that has a phenomenal cultural power of its own choose to make this very odd decision and buy into the promises of a few large AI companies, and throw away their own culture and creativity?" Victoria Oakley, the chief executive of IFPI, told Guardian Australia. "I don't think Australia wants to be the weakest link in this situation, the one that believed the promises and gave in and threw creativity under the bus on behalf of everyone else. That doesn't feel very Australian to me. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email "You just need one safe harbour, because then you can train on music from anywhere in the world.

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The company says its restructure and layoffs will affect 1,271 staff. The company says its restructure and layoffs will affect 1,271 staff. Chief executive Melanie Perkins describes job cuts as'without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history' in email to staff Canva is cutting or relocating more than 1,200 jobs, representing 22% of its global workforce, as part of a major restructure that includes laying off staff who helped build the Australian-founded design platform. The changes mirror a trend across the technology sector, where software companies are fighting to stay competitive against cheaper artificial intelligence disrupters while aggressively embedding AI tools themselves. Canva's chief executive, Melanie Perkins, said in an email to staff on Wednesday that the restructure was "without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history".

'Artists are the first to be thrown under the bus' H Morgan-Harris (right) and Ran Stanton at Tortuga Studios in St Peters, in Anthony Albanese's electorate. 'Artists are the first to be thrown under the bus' H Morgan-Harris (right) and Ran Stanton at Tortuga Studios in St Peters, in Anthony Albanese's electorate. Disquiet grows in Albanese's back yard as Grayndler artists unite against'insane' AI proposal The prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government's proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online. Anthony Albanese's seat of Grayndler in Sydney's inner west is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and 10% of its workers are employed in cultural and creative fields - compared with 4.2% nationally. He has held it on a safe margin for three decades, and has spoken of its high representation of live music, theatre and artist spaces with pride .

In a simmering debate centred on the same legal point as the movie The Castle, the question of acquiring property "on just terms" is emerging as a key concern amid furious lobbying from tech companies and rights holders ahead of a looming federal government announcement on AI. "We could be liable for'just terms' compensation for acquiring that property for every rights holder on Earth," Ross Cadell, a Nationals senator, told Guardian Australia. Michaelia Cash, the shadow attorney general, said the government should not "sell out Australian creators and rights holders in the rush to entice AI investment". Anthropic suggested an "opt-out" model which would allow it to scrape content unless a rightholder deployed digital protections signaling an objection. "If they go ahead with an opt-out model, it does raise a real question of whether the government is acquiring the intellectual property rights of others," said Cadell, a member of the federal parliamentary committee on AI . "How we support property rights is core to this." Anne Twomey, professor emerita of law at the University of Sydney, said the issue was exceedingly complex and noted no legislative proposal had been aired.

Lawyers say clients who use chatbots are adding to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. Lawyers say clients who use chatbots are adding to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. Research finds 55% of lawyers are using AI in legal practices, up from 37% last year, though efficiency gains aren't as high as expected More than half of Victoria's lawyers have reported using AI in their work, according to a new study, but just over a quarter say they have reduced fees as a result of efficiency gains. They also say clients seeking advice from chatbots have added to their workload, forcing them to correct errors made by AI. The 2026 census of 2,221 of the state's lawyers, conducted by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner's legal services research centre, found a big increase in lawyers using AI in their practices, rising from 37% to 55% in the last year.