Tech’s big story today is how law, money and AI are colliding. In Australia, a federal court upheld findings that Giggle for Girls unlawfully discriminated against transgender woman Roxanne Tickle and doubled her damages to AU$40,000, a notable ruling on how digital platforms treat gender identity. At the same time, OpenAI is pushing ChatGPT deeper into everyday life with a new US finance tool that links bank accounts through Plaid, offering personalized budgeting and portfolio insights while raising fresh questions about data use and trust. Investors, meanwhile, are betting heavily on the infrastructure behind the AI boom: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has taken a new stake in Microsoft, calling its valuation compelling, while Alphabet raised a record ¥576.5 billion in yen bonds to help fund data centers and AI expansion. In Australia’s smaller-cap market, Myeco jumped on a Woolworths recycling-products deal.