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AI jobs: how Australian workers are coping with the corporate restructure

Reports of a possible leadership transition in Iran have placed Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the country’s long-serving supreme leader, at the centre of attention as a leading successor. Unlike…

AI “Chief of Staff” System Tested in Chinese Military Simulations Shows Faster-than-Human Battlefield Decisions

A recent report describes the Chinese military’s deployment of an artificial intelligence system designed to assist battalion-level commanders in real time decision-making during combat simulations. Developed by researchers linked to…

Legal Battle Over AI Training Data Intensifies

The growing influence of artificial-intelligence systems is increasingly colliding with intellectual-property law. In March 2026, the publisher Encyclopaedia Britannica and its subsidiary Merriam-Webster filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in a…

Amazon Plans $4 Billion Cloud Infrastructure Expansion in Chile

Chile is emerging as a critical digital infrastructure hub in South America as Amazon prepares to invest $4 billion in new cloud computing infrastructure. The investment is expected to expand…

New Zealand Strengthens AI Research Ecosystem Through NZIAT Platform

New Zealand is expanding its national research capabilities in artificial intelligence through the development of the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology (NZIAT) Artificial Intelligence Research Platform. The initiative is…

Australian Defence Introduces Risk-Based Controls for AI Deployment

Australia’s defence sector is introducing new governance controls to manage the deployment of artificial intelligence systems within military operations. Officials say the framework will establish strict risk-based oversight mechanisms designed…

AI Chip Export Rules Face Policy Reversal

Artificial-intelligence policy in the United States remains fluid as Washington debates how aggressively to control exports of advanced computing hardware. In March 2026 the U.S. Commerce Department withdrew a draft…

Brazil Launches Multi-Billion-Dollar National Artificial Intelligence Plan

Brazil has intensified its national push into artificial intelligence with the implementation of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA), a multi-year strategy designed to expand research capacity, computing infrastructure and…

AI Infrastructure Expansion Driving Data-Center Boom

Across North America, artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented growth in data-center construction as companies race to build the computing capacity required for machine-learning workloads. Cloud providers and technology firms are…

Frore Systems Becomes AI Hardware Unicorn with Advanced Cooling Technology

Semiconductor startup Frore Systems has reached a valuation of approximately $1.64 billion following a new funding round focused on scaling its cooling technology for high-performance computing systems. The company develops…