Australia Mulls Ban on ‘Emotionally Intimate’ AI Writing
In a move that some believe will continue to trigger ever-more bland writing from AI chatbots, Australia’s government is thinking of banning writing featuring ‘emotional intimacy’ from chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.
Observes writer Rowan Davies: The bill under consideration “could create new online safety measures applied across social media, games, apps and chatbots ‘to provide a safe online environment for all Australians,’ says the Labor party.”
If passed into law, the bill will force writing by many popular chatbots to become even-more-blander than what’s already being spit-out — and essentially establish the Australian government as the ‘emotional-risk-AI nanny’ for all its citizens – including adults.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Writer-Friendly AI Gets an Upgrade: China-based AI provider Moonshot has rolled out a new version of its AI often preferred by writers: Kimi K3.1 Pro.
Already a leader among Chinese AI solutions, Kimi K3.1 ensures Moonshot’s status as one of the AI makers to beat from China.
Observes writer Carl Franzen: “Kimi K3.1 Pro dethrones Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.6-Pro, DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017, Meta’s new Muse Wonder, and even OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra on Artificial Analysis’s Intelligence Index.”
*Amazon Offers Free AI Narration to Authors Who Publish on KDP: In an incredible deal for authors publishing on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Amazon now offers AI narration of those KDP books for free.
The move is part of Amazon’s decision to give heavier emphasis to audiobooks with its recent make-over of its Kindle books subscription service, which now goes for $12/month under the brand ‘Kindle+.’
Observes Maria Diaz: “Kindle+ remains a separate subscription from Prime — and users will still be able to borrow up to 20 titles at once.”
*Text Humanizer Now Free: Resea AI is offering to ‘humanize’ up to 10,000 words generated by AI absolutely free, every day.
Available for a number of years now, AI humanizers are designed to remove the ‘robot-like’ feel of text generated by AI and make it sound like something a warm-blooded human would write.
While humanizers are a good first step, the only way to really get the precise human voice you’re looking for is to use an Open Source solution from a Chinese AI provider like DeepSeek.
*USA Today’s AI Writer Triggers Journalist Backlash: Disgusted with error-ridden articles written by a USA Today AI writer, reporters at two papers owned by USA Today are lashing back.
Specifically: They’re withholding their bylines during critical coverage of the U.S. midterm elections – through Nov. 11 – to protest what they see as USA Today’s callous disregard of editorial accuracy.
Observes Editor & Publisher: “The tool (known as DeeperDive) violates the company’s current standards of requiring a ‘human-in-the-loop’ prior to publishing computer generated content online or in print.”
*Another AI Survey-to-Report Tool Launched: Add HiFive to the growing list of providers offering automated AI survey services that also write-up reports on that research.
HiFive’s “Survey 2.0” specializes in collecting employee feedback, analyzing what’s going on and spitting out reports that offer solutions to problems discovered.
You know: Work very similar to want journalists do.
*One Writer’s Take: Getting the Most From AI When Researching and Drafting an Article: Writer Vibha Soni suggests that article writers can optimize results from AI by digging deeper into its full capabilities.
Key to that approach is:
–Using AI to find what you have not said yet
–Using AI to challenge what you believe
–Using AI to find the line only you can write
Click here for the full detail on Soni’s step-by-step method.
*Microsoft’s Copilot Gets an Uptick in Users: The Microsoft Copilot chatbot – which features access to a number of popular AI models – is being used by a bit more people these days.
Currently about 53 million people now use Copilot – up from about 30 million at the close of Q2, 2026.
*Us and Them: Increasingly, AI Becomes a Choice Between the U.S. and China: Writers and others are increasingly discovering that choosing AI has a lot to do with the country you’re living in.
The reason: The U.S. and China are each forming their own AI blocs, strong-arming countries to choose AI either from the U.S. or China.
Observes lead writer Chan Ho-Him: “That could put many countries in a dilemma: Do they go with the U.S.’ most advanced chips and AI technologies — or join China’s more affordable, Open Source AI systems?”
*AI BIG PICTURE: AI’s Fate: Riding on Anthropic’s Initial Public Offering?: Writers and others that rely on the generally ever-improving features of AI have a lot at stake with the Anthropic IPO that currently has Wall Street mesmerized.
The reason? “Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy,” observes lead writer Erin Griffith.
“its initial public offering will have widespread implications,” Griffith adds.
Essentially: An IPO flop by Anthropic could sour sweet dreams of ever-improving AI that currently emerges at a breakneck pace.
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.