Tech giants face tough grid mandates and a world-first copyright regime as the Albanese government launches a major regulatory crackdown on artificial intelligence.

The prime minister is installing a new “Office of AI” inside his department in a move that reflects the scale of disruption the technology is causing.

The prime minister will emphasise the technology’s “pivotal” role in resuscitating productivity and warn of extremists and hostile states using it “to spread disinformation that…