A scattershot approach to data management in federal agencies is harming productivity, increasing cyber risks and could disrupt the output of the government’s upcoming artificial intelligence tools, new research...
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The Auditor General on Wednesday said agencies still aren’t doing enough to control their IT environment despite risks “growing considerably” amid the uptake of AI and more sophisticated cyber...
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Artificial intelligence is being deployed by the Tax Office to speed up audits when taxpayers submit a “virtual shoebox” of supporting documents, while thousands of its staff are now...
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A trial that could help shape the future of artificial intelligence is underway, with billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman at odds over the evolution of ChatGPT maker OpenAI...
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For the past two years, the technology conversation has been dominated by artificial intelligence. But beneath the hype cycle, a more urgent and less visible transformation is underway —...
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China ordered US tech giant Meta to unwind its $2 billion-plus (A$2.8 billion) acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, as Beijing tightens scrutiny of US investment in domestic startups...
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The US State Department has ordered a global push to bring attention to what it says are widespread efforts by Chinese companies, including AI startup DeepSeek, to steal intellectual...
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New South Wales should create a program to link data centre builder-operators with researchers and companies that are developing new technologies in order to create maximum economic impact, the...
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Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai is deepening a push into enterprise software, signaling to investors at Google’s annual cloud conference that AI agents – human-like digital assistants – are...
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A Brisbane real estate software firm has been ordered to stop exploiting dark patterns to collect unnecessary personal information from rental applicants, such as children’s names and the type...
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New York’s attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling. In petitions filed in state court...
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NextDC is poised to nearly double its capital investment in a year, and will raise an additional $1.5 billion to fast-track new Western Sydney facilities in response to an...
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Amazon has added nine new renewable energy power deals to its billion-dollar Australian order book as the company seeks to balance the demands of its booming data centre network...
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The explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has provoked both hopes and anxieties about the potential benefits and harms of this technology. In advanced economies, people are almost...