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China's NEO: How Beijing Beat Neuralink to the First Commercial BCI
On 13 March 2026 China's NMPA approved NEO, the first invasive brain-computer interface sold as a medical product rather than confined to clinical trials. The coin-sized device, developed by Neuracle and Tsinghua, has let paralysed patients like Dong Hui move their hands again.
TechnologyTrump Forces Anthropic to Take Fable 5 Offline: What It Means for Australian Businesses
A US export-control order pulled Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline three days after launch. ANZ boards must now treat frontier AI as revocable infrastructure.
TechnologyMicrosoft MAI: What 7 New In-House AI Models Mean for the Rest of Us
Microsoft just launched seven in-house MAI models at Build 2026, quietly breaking from OpenAI. Here's the plain-English version of what Frontier Tuning means for your business.
TechnologyThe Great American AI Act: Inside the 269-Page Preemption Push
The 269-page Great American AI Act would preempt state laws regulating AI model development for three years. Bipartisan, contested, and racing Colorado's June 30, 2026 enforcement deadline.
TechnologyGerman Court Ruling Makes Google Liable for AI Overviews
A Munich court has classified Google as directly liable for false statements in AI Overviews, ending a 20-year search safe harbor. The June 2026 ruling reshapes liability for generative search.
TechnologyAustralia Joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing: What Mythos Means
3 June 2026: Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing to 150 organisations across 15 countries, including Australia. The Mythos AI rollout has cyber, jobs and child-safety stakes.
TechnologyAustralia's AI Data Centre Boom Is Coming for Your Power Bill: What's Inside the Climate Council's 26% Warning
The Climate Council warns Australia's AI data centre boom could push NSW wholesale power prices up 26% by 2035 — and the policy choice that decides whether households pay.
TechnologyHow AI Music Generators Are Reshaping the Music Industry in 2026
Two years after Suno and Udio detonated onto the scene, the RIAA lawsuits are mostly over. The real question is who gets paid — and the session musician is the one the press releases forgot.