Australian AI news
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ChatGPT brings ads to Australia — what changes on the free tier (2026)
OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT in Australia on the Free and Go tiers — the first AI assistant to ad-fund its free tier here. Paid plans stay ad-free.
Notion adds data residency in Tokyo and Seoul — Australia isn't on the map
Notion's data residency map now covers Frankfurt, Tokyo and Seoul. If you were waiting for Sydney, the roadmap has nothing for you.
Microsoft extends the Copilot Business discount to 30 June — and tells you prices change after
The discount deadline just moved from March to June — and Microsoft has put the post-promo price changes in writing. The clock is real this time.
Microsoft puts Claude inside Copilot — and Australian offices get a choice
Wave 3 turns Copilot from a sidebar into a collaborator — and for the first time, the model doing the work doesn't have to be OpenAI's.
Google ends the free Gemini Pro student offer in Australia (2026)
Google has shut the door on its free 12-month Gemini Pro student offer for Australian students. Here's what you now pay — and the free option that still works.
Anthropic is coming to Sydney — and says Australian coders are the reason
The maker of Claude is opening its fourth Asia-Pacific office in Sydney — and the phrase Australian businesses should notice is 'exploring local compute.'
Notion's Custom Agents go GA — free until May, then you're on the meter
Notion 3.3 turns the workspace into a workforce — autonomous agents wired to Slack, Mail and Calendar. The free trial window has a hard end date.
Gemini 3.1 Pro lands — Google's reasoning leap, and what it means for Australians (2026)
Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro more than doubles the reasoning score of Gemini 3 Pro and ships to the Gemini app and NotebookLM — a free upgrade for most Australian users.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 lands — same price, better default for Australian users (2026)
Anthropic upgraded Claude's default model to Sonnet 4.6 — better across coding, reasoning and agent work, with no change to the price Australians pay.
Perplexity Deep Research goes Opus-class — Claude Opus 4.6 lands for Pro and Max in 2026
Perplexity's Deep Research now runs on a Claude Opus model for the first time — Opus 4.5 from 6 February, upgraded to Opus 4.6 on the 13th. Here's what the Opus-class jump means for Australian Pro and Max subscribers.
ChatGPT Go Goes Global: Australia Finally Gets a Sub-$15 Paid Tier (2026)
ChatGPT Go is now available worldwide at US$8 a month. For Australians, it is the first paid ChatGPT tier under A$15 — but it sits well short of Plus.