Australia’s world-first social media ban has begun as planned, but expectations remain low. Young people plan to evade it, tech companies oppose it and at least one High Court...
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ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has chosen Australia for its next major regional expansion, announcing a $7 billion data centre partnership with NextDC and a skills agreement as part of its much-anticipated...
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The safety practices of major artificial intelligence companies, such as Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Meta, are “far short of emerging global standards,” according to a new edition of Future...
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Code discovered in OpenAI’s latest software build confirms what many feared: advertisements might be coming to ChatGPT. For millions of users who’ve grown accustomed to intimate, unfiltered conversations with...
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Google’s YouTube says it will obey Australia’s world-leading ban on social media accounts for children under 16, a capitulation which means all the most popular platforms with young users...
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Embattled stock exchange operator Australian Securities Exchange is facing fresh pressure to enact its turnaround plan, after its announcements platform suffered an outage on Monday, forcing about 80 stocks...
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A new peak body representing Australia’s leading data centre providers has launched to advocate for an industry expecting at least $26 billion in local infrastructure investment by 2030. AirTrunk,...
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Victoria will be Australia’s “data centre centre”, Premier Jacinta Allen has declared while committing more than $5 million to an action plan to speed up a $25 billion digital...
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The federal government has introduced new financial safeguards for cryptocurrency to Parliament that it says will close regulatory gaps and unlock billions of dollars in investment. Treasurer Jim Chalmers...
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Australia will miss out on the economic benefits of the artificial intelligence boom unless it brings down energy prices and broadens supply, according to deputy opposition leader Ted O’Brien....
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Thousands of NSW-born Australians will be able to carry their birth certificates on their phones from March when the state government begins rolling out the long-awaited credential. The Digital...
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The Albanese government is being urged to repurpose and increase a Coalition government-era tax break to drive artificial intelligence into small and medium businesses, as it searches for adoption...
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The Aged Care minister has defied a Senate order to detail the procurement and roll out of $800 million of upgrades to government aged care technology systems that were...
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Twitch, the live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, has been added to Australia’s world-first social media age ban, the eSafety Commission has announced, leaving the tech company just 19 days...