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AI in June 2026: Gemini cuts AU prices, Anthropic ships Fable 5
A 36% Gemini price cut in Australia, the Mythos-class Claude Fable 5, and Copilot's usage-based billing going live — June moved prices in our favour and the frontier up again.
AI in January 2026: the month Australia got a price tag
ChatGPT Go, Google AI Plus in AUD, Claude Cowork, Replit Mobile Apps — January was the month Australia stopped being billed as an afterthought.
AI in February 2026: agents arrive and the models leap
Claude 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Perplexity Computer, Notion Custom Agents — February was a wall of frontier models and the first serious agents.
AI in April 2026: the month the billing fine print changed
ChatGPT Business price cut, GitHub Copilot's usage-based billing and data-training change, Claude Opus 4.7 — April was the month to read the fine print.
What changed in AI for Australians — the first half of 2026
Australia stopped being an afterthought, the free tier got cheaper and got ads, and 'AI that does things' became standard. Six months of change, read through an Australian lens.
The AI you use to decide things about customers now has a deadline
The most consequential AI development for Australian businesses this month did not come from OpenAI or Anthropic. It cam
Australia's Cyber Agency Says Go Slow on AI Agents — What It Means for Your Business
Australia's cyber authority has joined its Five Eyes partners to warn businesses to adopt AI agents slowly — just as agentic browsers go mainstream. The practical advice.
Perplexity's Comet browser goes mainstream: what Australians should know
Perplexity opened its Comet AI browser to everyone, free, on every major platform. Its rival, OpenAI's Atlas, has since been discontinued. Here's what Australians should know — and why we'd hold off on letting it touch your inbox.
Australia's new AI decision-making transparency rule — what it means when you buy AI tools
From 10 December 2026, organisations covered by the Privacy Act must spell out in their privacy policy how automated systems make decisions about people. If you're buying AI that decides things — hiring, credit, pricing — here's what to check.
NotebookLM's June upgrade: agentic research, code-running notebooks, and what it means for Australians
Google rebuilt NotebookLM on 8 June 2026 — agentic research, code-running notebooks and new export formats. The catch for Australians is the paywall: the best of it sits behind Google AI Ultra. Here's what's worth knowing.
Google Retires Gemini CLI's Free Tier for Antigravity — What It Means for Australians
Google has gutted the free tier of its most popular open-source coding agent, moving free and Pro/Ultra users onto a new Antigravity CLI with roughly 98% fewer requests. Here's what changed and what Australian developers should do.
Google Firebase Studio, explained: the agentic app builder is winding down — and what that means for Australians
Firebase Studio looked like Google's answer to prompt-to-app builders. Google has now closed new sign-ups and set a March 2027 shutdown — but the underlying Firebase services, and their genuine Sydney-region edge for Australians, carry on.