ChatGPT-generated health advice becomes less reliable when it is infused with evidence from the internet, according to a world-first Australian study that highlights the risk of relying on large...
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Investigating MH17 unlocked the role of big data in assembling a criminal brief, pioneering the use of open-source intelligence. “I became interested in how big data was being used...
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued mandatory transparency notices to six of the biggest digital platforms, compelling them to share details about how they mitigate access to terror and violent...
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Early data security concerns with off-the-shelf generative artificial intelligence solutions prompted the Queensland government to pursue its own purpose-built internal chatbot, QChat. The internal tool, which is based on...
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Search engines like Google and Bing will face penalties or injunctions for failing to take action against access to illegal and harmful content from Tuesday with the arrival of...
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Reported scam losses are down more than 40 per cent after industry teamed with regulators and law enforcement to combat stings last year, as the consumer regulator pushes for...
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The Northern Territory government is offering $100,000 in seed funding to establish a drone technology innovation cluster, a key initiative of its upcoming drone industry strategy. While the cluster...
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The Western Australian government has set aside $140 million over the next decade to deliver a digital twin that will eventually be made available for public and private sector...
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Facebook owner Meta will not renew its deals with Australian news publishers, cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars from the industry and daring the government to enforce its...
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Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...
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Australia and United Kingdom have committed to bilateral cooperation on improving digital online safety and security issues under a new intergovernmental agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding includes references to...
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A new AI competition for startups has been launched by the CSIRO’s National AI Centre in collaboration with Google Cloud and co-working space Stone and Chalk. Over three months...
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The South Australian government has signed a four-year whole of government agreement with Salesforce under which its MuleSoft platform will be integrated with the state’s new cloud-based financial management...
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Japanese conglomerate NEC and D-Wave, a Canadian quantum firm backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and In-Q-Tel, are expanding their presence in Australia, launching two new quantum services to compete...