Wallets, Fines and Launches

By the Orchestra editors · 4 min read

TL;DR

Atlassian caps employee AI spend with monthly wallets while others push staff to use more tokens
Optus faces a potential $250m fine over its Triple Zero outage
New MCP spec goes stateless, removing the biggest blocker to enterprise rollout
OpenAI drops GPT-5.6 pricing for its Luna and Terra tiers

AI · Worldwide

MCP spec gets a stateless makeover for enterprise scale

The latest Model Context Protocol specification introduces a stateless architecture aimed squarely at enterprise adoption. It also adds a stability policy so features won't be yanked without warning, which should make production deployments less nerve-wracking.

OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 pricing on Luna and Terra tiers

OpenAI is pushing the price-performance line with lower costs for its GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra models. The company says the efficiency gains should help enterprises run AI workflows at meaningfully lower unit economics.

Google used AI to fix more Chrome bugs in June than in the previous two years

Google says LLM-assisted tooling let it find and patch an exponential number of Chrome vulnerabilities in a single month, outpacing the previous 23 versions combined. Microsoft has reported similar results with its own codebase.

Australian Tech

Atlassian introduces AI spending wallets with monthly caps

Atlassian is giving each employee a monthly AI budget of up to $2,000 via internal "wallets," bucking the trend of companies encouraging maximum token usage. The move follows Atlassian citing AI as part of the rationale behind its 1,600-person headcount reduction.

Optus faces $250m fine over Triple Zero outage

The ACMA has commenced Federal Court proceedings against Optus, alleging more than 1,000 breaches of its legal obligations after a September outage caused over 600 failed Triple Zero calls and three deaths.

Aussie tech jobs bounce back but 2030 target still shaky

Australia added 42,450 tech jobs in the six months to March 2026, recovering from last year's slump. The government's 1.2 million tech-jobs-by-2030 target is back in reach if the hiring pace holds.