when we looked at submissions from tech and social media companies on the proposed framework, we found companies such as Facebook, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) were broadly supportive of regulations – within certain limits.

Political parties in India spent an estimated US$50 million on authorized AI-generated content for targeted communication with their constituencies this election cycle. And it was largely successful.

The lack of investment in anything forward-looking that has the ability to boost capability in the digital economy is deflating and in stark contrast to what we saw delivered the Australian Federal Budget earlier this month.

We are unlikely to see similar growth-orientated tech and digital initiatives this year, not that the National Party, which owns most of the tech-related policy, isn’t interested in spending on tech, which it sees as an economic growth enabler.

All of that data we generate in our day-to-day lives is valuable grist to the mill for the tech companies seeking to train their AI systems.

The edtech sector is growing massively. The problem is that we don’t know very much about how effective many edtech apps or programs are – or if they are effective at all. And some effects may be negative.