AI are eyeing off IPOs while government AI regulatory responses are under fire and a global call to recognise human creativity is calling for signatories.

Compliance and complacency in arts leadership called out but will calls for change be heard? Australia’s public and education lending rights scheme have been updated. And community radio is the unsung cheerleader of Australian music.

Much ado about music this week with 2SER at risk, Live Nation declared a monopolist in the US and indie venues in the UK calling for transparency from the music collecting society.

The Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 passed in the Senate yesterday. This new Act will introduce a limited liability scheme to activate productive and creative reuse of orphan works in Australia, ending a long-running failure of our copyright system.

There was so much that happened this week! Australia is developing its next National Cultural Policy, strategies to get Australians reading recreationally were suggested, Anthropic shared results from its massive open ended survey and more.

There was no rigour to DOGE cuts to Humanities grants, Anthropic is leaning in to AI ethics and public benefit and AI companies realise they have to make the open source infrastructure behind the internet more secture.

Q1 2026 was acquisition crazy in AI! Anthropic, OpenAI, Netflix, Canva, Accenture, MyFitnessPal and more have been buying up other AI players.

OpenAI's Department of War contract throws the spotlight on AI and military use in light of the US–Israel war with Iran. Paramount has pipped Netflix to buyout Warner Bros. Live Nation and Ticketmaster defend against a DoJ antitrust case.