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Australia Tops Claude Usage
15 days ago
- Claude AI is used six times more than expected in Australia, with homework assistance being the top use case at nearly 10%.
- Anthropic is exploring adding local infrastructure in Australia to meet data residency demands from enterprises and government agencies.
- Australia's 'values overlap' with Anthropic includes technological leadership and a strong, creative developer community.
- Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Australia, committing to data centre expectations and strong copyright laws.
- Globally, Claude usage varies: personal support peaks weekends, business tasks dominate weekdays, and automation preferences differ by country.
Weakening copyright to benefit AI would betray Australian Labor party's ethos
14 days ago
- Labor MP Ed Husic opposes weakening copyright laws for AI companies, arguing it contradicts Labor's principle of 'a fair day's pay for a fair day's work' and warns against self-regulation by big tech firms.
- The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance calls for stricter copyright rules to prevent AI from using creative works without compensation, as Prime Minister Albanese prepares a speech on AI policy without expected copyright reform details.
- Treasury documents reveal concerns from AI company Anthropic about copyright rules hindering datacentre development, while Husic and others stress the need for government intervention and equitable remuneration for creators.
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6 hours ago
- Historical reimplementations like GNU's UNIX userspace were done legally by adding unique features to avoid copyright infringement, using only specifications and behavior, not source code.
- Copyright law prohibits copying 'protected expressions' (actual code) but allows reimplementation of ideas and behaviors, as long as code is not copied or mechanically translated.
- AI dramatically accelerates the reimplementation process, making it cheaper and faster, but raises concerns similar to those faced during the GNU project.
- Ethically, software evolution relies on sharing and incremental innovation; reimplementations, even with AI, are fair if they add novelty and avoid copying protected expressions.
- AI can empower small groups to compete with big corporations, potentially improving open source software quality and countering the trend of software bloat.

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Australia Tops Claude Usage

Weakening copyright to benefit AI would betray Australian Labor party's ethos

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