• Anthropic to open Sydney office, its fourth in Asia-Pacific
• Australia ranks fourth globally for Claude usage
• Local presence enables direct enterprise support and compliance alignment
• Investment follows OpenAI and Google expanding Australian AI operations
• Sydney office to focus on enterprise sales and customer success
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• US$850 billion wiped from global software stocks in days following Anthropic’s Claude Cowork plugin release
• Capgemini Research Institute estimates AI agents could generate US$450 billion in economic value by 2028
• ASX-listed Decidr developing DecidrOS for autonomous agent coordination across workflows
• FortifAI building Nol8 infrastructure for enterprise AI with proof-of-concept outcomes reported
• Decidr partnerships include Now Book It, ELMO Software, Go1 and The Growth Faculty
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• A viral analysis claimed Anthropic loses 5000 USD per Claude Code Max user
• The calculation confuses API pricing with actual compute costs
• Comparable models on OpenRouter cost approximately 10 times less
• Real cost for heavy users would be closer to 500 USD, not 5000 USD
Claude Code does not cost Anthropic 5000 dollars per user Read More »
• Decidr AI and ICON Consulting Group sign strategic partnership agreement
• Joint development focuses on SAP agentic user workflows
• Procure-to-Pay automation is a primary use case
• Solutions expected to be available in H2 2026
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• Meta acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network built on OpenClaw
• Founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr join Meta Superintelligence Labs
• Security flaws allowed humans to pose as AI agents, creating viral fake posts
• Deal terms not disclosed
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• Federal government launched national AI Plan in December 2025
• One organisation paid AU$440,000 for erroneous generative AI report
• GPU usage and outbound cloud egress identified as escalating cost risks
• Chatbots improved public service enquiries and citizen services
• Agentic AI and multi-cloud architectures drive unexpected expenses
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• Agent 365 priced at $15 per user per month, available May 1st.
• Frontier Worker Suite (E7) bundles it with Copilot at $99 per user per month.
• Microsoft found many enterprise AI agents operate without IT approval.
• Platform integrates with Defender, Entra and Purview for security.
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• Financial services, healthcare, energy and government sectors are prioritising curated datasets.
• Smart data strategies reduce cloud and compute costs.
• AI and LLMs expose data weaknesses faster than traditional analytics.
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• Elastic presented 2025–2026 Partner Awards at ElasticON on 5 March in Sydney.• Datacom won Sourced Revenue Generator; Amnesium took Resell award.• NQRY received Build/OEM award; Nexon Asia Pacific won Managed Services.• Deloitte awarded for Innovation; AWS Australia named Cloud Partner.• Awards span six categories covering sales, integration and service delivery.
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• Department of Defense designated Anthropic and its products a supply chain risk.
• Companies working with Pentagon must certify they do not use Anthropic models.
• Claude was integrated into Palantir’s Maven Smart System for US military use.
• OpenAI secured separate deal allowing military use for “all lawful purposes.”
• Employee protests and calls for congressional intervention followed the designation.
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