July 13, 2026

Australia’s AI copyright fight now has a datacentre price tag

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The fight over Australia AI copyright has a price tag: tens of billions in datacentres. The prize for AI firms is the right to train on the country’s books, music and journalism. Australia has become the latest test of a question every government now...