South Australian council challenges Firmus data centre over rates and water use
The council has raised objections to Firmus' proposed data centre, citing concerns about local rates and water consumption.
Tools
AWS launches Kiro Crew bots to add persistent agents to its dev environment
AWS expands its Kiro platform with named bots that keep their own memory, aiming to simplify multi‑agent workflows for developers.
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Perth logistics startup Indrus raises $750,000 pre‑seed round
Indrus, a Perth‑based logistics analysis platform, secured a $750,000 pre‑seed investment to expand its AI‑driven services across Australia.
NAB rolls out AI assistant Ruby to 40,000 staff, eyes further use cases
The bank’s new Anthropic‑based tool aims to boost productivity, with early gains in loan approvals and delivery cycles.
Anthropic’s AI development has doubled in speed despite slowdown calls
Independent monitoring finds the San Francisco AI firm is improving model capabilities about twice as fast as a year ago, even as its CEO urges a pause.
Texas AI data centre boom faces halt after Democratic wins
New Democratic control in Texas may delay or stop major AI data centre projects, unsettling Big Tech’s buildout plans.
Open source AI is booming, says Hugging Face
Hugging Face explains how companies can make money from freely available models and the challenges they face.
Apple trims daily AI spending limits for engineering teams
Apple has reduced the amount its engineers can spend on AI tools each day, with caps dropping from $300 to $200 and further cuts planned.
The Invoice Index · Every Monday
What it costs AI to check 100 invoices, correctly
One real job every business does: read a supplier invoice, compare it with the purchase order, catch the mistake and write to the supplier. We run it through every lab's top model and price only the answers that come back right, in AUD.
First reading coming soon.We are building the test set and answer keys now. The method is public before the first number is. Read how it works.