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Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok's local revenues if they refuse to pay news publishers
- The News Bargaining Incentive applies from 1 July 2026. Platforms that deal with news organisations get full or partial offsets against the levy. The legislation explicitly excludes pure AI chatbot services from coverage. Communications Minister Anika Wells and PM Albanese both announced the draft on Tuesday. The Australian government released draft legislation on Tuesday for a " News Bargaining Incentive ", a ...

Source: thenextweb.com
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The girls are fighting, AI edition
- The Girls Are Fighting, AI Edition While Elon Musk and Sam Altman squabble over OpenAI's corporate structure, the company has openly relinquished responsibility of ensuring safety. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Elon Musk and Sam Altman are set to square off in court over OpenAI's mission. In his lawsuit, Musk accuses Altman of illegally transforming OpenAI from a ...

Source: motherjones.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Microsoft drops its exclusive licence to OpenAI's technology
- OpenAI can now sell to Amazon, Google, and any cloud and stops paying OpenAI a revenue share in return Both companies announced the revised agreement in a joint statement on Monday. Microsoft retains a non-exclusive licence to OpenAI's intellectual property through 2032, remains the primary cloud partner, and keeps its 27% equity stake. OpenAI will continue paying Microsoft a revenue share through 2030, capped at a ...

Source: thenextweb.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
OpenAI's Revolutionary AI Gadget Is... a Phone? A Stinkin' Phone?
- Reading time 3 minutes If you've been sitting at the edge of your seat waiting for OpenAI's world-changing AI device(s), you may want to scooch back on your chair. According to TF Securities International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company behind ChatGPT is developing a smartphone. Yes, a smartphone. But it reportedly won't be just any old glass slab—it'll be an "AI agent phone."  An AI AGENT PHONE . What ...

Source: gizmodo.com