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On 8 September 2026, the Australian Government released an exposure draft of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 (Exposure Draft Bill) following the Government's response to its 2024 review of the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) (Online Safety Act). The Exposure Draft Bill would fundamentally reshape the regulatory landscape for online service providers in Australia, replacing the current co-regulatory framework with a prescriptive, regulator-enforced model. Public consultation closes at 12:00 pm on 22 September 2026.

Since 2 August 2026, every new piece of text generated by Anthropic's Claude AI assistant carries an imperceptible watermark, not just for EU users, but globally.  That is Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the Act) at work. The Act is the world's first comprehensive AI regulatory framework. Signed into law in June 2024, it is being rolled out in stages, with the transparency rules discussed in this article.