Following the news in artificial intelligence recently has been like watching an endless back-and-forth tennis rally between hype and disillusionment.

We're told the AI investment bubble is deflating. Revenues are too low to justify the investment. New AI products — like GPT-5 — are underwhelming.

But wait, AI is the next great industrial revolution. Decisions now will shape our future prosperity. We should scrap copyright laws to allow AI companies to suck up our creative content and train models for free. Your job will be automated. Data centres will drink our water, consume our power and pollute our atmosphere.

AI could use a quarter of Sydney's water

Australia is being flagged as a hub for data centres but there are concerns the nation is not ready to deal with the amount of water

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