Anthropic's Australian ambitions

<p>AI giant Anthropic is circling Australia, with reports suggesting it is looking to secure a massive amount of data centre capacity Down Under. That has kicked off a cycle of debate about what companies will build those data centres, whether copyright reform will be needed, and the biggest question of all: is this good for Australia?<br>We discuss:<br></p><ul><li>The leaked request for proposal which revealed Anthropic&#39;s Australian plans<br></li><li>The shares that popped on the news<br></li><li>The uncertainty over whether Anthropic plans to train new models here<br></li><li>A counterintuitive take on the copyright reform debate<br></li><li>Why former industry minister Ed Husic is a skeptical voice<br></li><li>The growing data centre backlash in Australia<br></li><li>How the global markets are feeling about the AI boom<br></li></ul><p><br>On The Call is a weekly live conversation with the Capital Brief newsroom on the stories driving the agenda in Australia&#39;s centres of power.<br>Host Harshdeep Kaur sits down with Capital Brief&#39;s best journalists to dissect what we&#39;re watching and why it matters, and answer questions from our subscribers live.<br>Subscribe to join our weekly live discussion on Thursdays at 12pm AEST: ⁠<br><a href="https://www.capitalbrief.com/on-the-call/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">https://www.capitalbrief.com/on-the-call/</a><br>Sign up to our free weekday newsletter, The Edition: ⁠<br><a href="https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletters/the-edition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletters/the-edition/</a></p>