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AIIA names Elizabeth Whitelock as new CEO

The Australian Information Industry Association has appointed a new permanent chief executive from within its ranks following the departure of its former CEO earlier this year. Elizabeth Whitelock, who...

Reddit mounts legal challenge against social media ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Reddit has launched a High Court bid to overturn Australia’s teen social media ban on privacy and free speech grounds, just days after the world-first laws took effect on...

Govt abandons plan for external AI Advisory Body

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight. The Department...

eSafety Commissioner sees common cause with US as age ban begins

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
The regulator overseeing Australia’s world-first teen social media ban rejected the “technological exceptionalism” championed by mostly US-based platforms and said a groundswell of American parents wanted similar measures. eSafety...

Defence gives itself more time to phase out legacy tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Defence will give itself at least another year to retire its legacy systems, as it races to adopt modern cloud-based platforms across its IT environment and scale the use...

KuCoin sets sights on Australia as crypto market matures

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
With a tech-savvy population and a maturing digital ecosystem, Australia is emerging as an attractive market for global infrastructure providers. Leading crypto platform KuCoin believes the country is on...

Trump to sign ‘one rule’ executive order on AI

Posted on   |  by Bhargav Acharya
US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that he said would create a single national rule for artificial intelligence, which the industry has said...