Technology

The Prime Minister spelt out the need to control AI’s development within Australia, but delivering on this task looks nearly impossible.

THE WASHINGTON POST: The rapid spread of chatbots and AI agents is intensifying a debate over who should be held responsible when something goes wrong.

Teens are turning to AI mental health apps, but there are alarming pitfalls parents should know.

Young men are the most likely to report the abuse, which has now been linked to 17 suicides.

The self-proclaimed champion of free speech, X, has refused to speak at Australia’s Bondi attack royal commission examining online hate and extremist content.

WiseTech Global has moved to hose down concerns its largest customer will quit its flagship Cargowise platform, saying talks are underway to extend their business relationship.

Police are investigating whether a death this week is linked to the nationwide Telstra outage that left thousands of Australians unable to call triple-0. 

The investor says Australia has a golden opportunity to lure billions.

Telstra has revealed a second issue was also stopping customers from connecting to triple-0 during Wednesday’s outage.

Communications Minister Anika Wells says investigations are underway after some Telstra customers were unable to connect to triple-zero during a nationwide outage on Wednesday. 

Australians across the nation are being warned not to panic when their phones suddenly sound a loud emergency siren later this month.

Macquarie says AI has encouraged analysts to lift their profit forecasts by 15 per cent for ASX companies.

THE ECONOMIST: The tech’s Dutch manufacturer is fighting to rebut American claims.

Meta officials have told the Royal Commission that people are using the terms ‘Zionism’ or ‘Zionist’ as a ‘coded word’ online content to evade anti-Semitism standards on their platforms.

Meta gets verdict on bid to dismiss lawsuit over whether social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok aim to addict kids.

When the crash comes, stabilising markets will be easy compared with reordering society for AI, writes short-seller Carson Block.

Social platforms including Elon Musk’s X have ignored pleas from an anti-Semitism inquiry, with one organisation claiming they will ‘publish whatever it likes.

In the competition for global dominance in artificial intelligence, Chinese AI leaders increasingly see themselves running a different race than their American counterparts.