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Regulation is moving faster than solutions can adapt. Regulation is changing at a pace that increasingly challenges the systems built to manage it. Even the most advanced RegTechs are constrained by a deeper issue: the data layer – the foundation every solution depends on, remains fragmented, inconsistent, and hard to operationalise at scale.

Enterprise document processing has long suffered from a fundamental flaw: systems that can't learn from their mistakes without extensive retraining. Melbourne-based Affinda claims to have solved this persistent industry challenge with the launch of its new agentic AI intelligent document processing (IDP) platform featuring "persistent model memory."

Microsoft will remove programmatic volume discounts for its SaaS products, including Microsoft 365, from November 1, 2025. A new Gartner report states enterprise organisations can expect list price rises of up to 13.6%. The change impacts customers with Enterprise Agreements (EAs).

​A comprehensive evaluation of 37 major AI language models reveals significant weaknesses in factual accuracy that could pose compliance and operational risks for organisations deploying artificial intelligence tools.

Australia's proposed Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 fails to address how artificial intelligence should be used in making or processing government transparency requests, according to a new analysis by law firm King & Wood Mallesons that identifies critical gaps in the legislation.

Western Australia has completed the first phase of its rollout of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Program, marking a major milestone in the state's healthcare modernisation efforts.

The Australian Government could unlock $A1.4 billion in annual productivity gains and cost savings by accelerating its migration to public cloud infrastructure, according to new research from consulting firm Mandala Partners, commissioned by Microsoft.

A sweeping cyber espionage operation by Chinese state-sponsored actors has compromised networks across more than 80 countries according to a joint cybersecurity advisory released by international intelligence agencies last week.

Swiss research institutions have released Apertus, claimed to be one of the world's largest fully open-source large language models, designed with transparency and regulatory compliance as core principles.

The Open Source Initiative will host a three-day virtual conference on data governance challenges in artificial intelligence from October 1-3, addressing compliance and transparency issues that have emerged as AI adoption accelerates across enterprise environments.