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Artificial Intelligence is helping cyber criminals and it’s costing billions.

How AI chatbots are helping hackers steal billions

THE ECONOMIST: Artificial Intelligence LLMs are helping cyber criminals and it’s costing billions.

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Telstra has issued a warning over popular encrypted messaging apps, as scammers up their game to dodge new text safety features.

New scam warning for popular apps

Australia’s largest Telco is warning Aussies against using these popular platforms, as scammers up their game to dodge new safety features.

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Former employees of DBG Health have been told that cybercriminals have accessed their sensitive financial details.

Salaries and bank details stolen in pharma empire hack

Australia’s largest provider of prescription medicines has told former employees their sensitive payroll information – including salaries – has been stolen by cybercriminals.

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iiNet revealed on Tuesday that it had been compromised, with an unknown third party accessing its order management system on Saturday.

Alert after major Australian internet provider hacked

iiNet has revealed that it has been hacked, with a list of email addresses and phone numbers stolen from its system.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Britain forces porn sites to get serious on ‘age-gating’

Britain forces porn sites to get serious on ‘age-gating’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The crackdown comes after reports that websites are promoting suicide and eating disorder behaviours.

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Shock as woman accepts marriage proposal from AI boyfriend

Woman accepts marriage proposal from AI boyfriend

There is a whole online community of women with AI boyfriends, but now some of them are getting married.

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THE WASHINGTON POST: ChatGPT-5 hasn’t fully fixed its most concerning problem.

ChatGPT-5 hasn’t fully fixed its most concerning problem

THE WASHINGTON POST: The is perhaps one field of conversation that ChatGPT just isn’t equipped to handle - and it could have devastating effects on health.

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Nearly half of Australian’s fell victim to a cybercrime in 2024.

Shocking amount of Aussies hit by cybercrime last year

The alarming figures came to light in a new report, despite more people feeling they were confident at using technology than the previous year.

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EMMA GARLETT: AI’s digital colonialism is a threat to cultural sovereignty.

AI’s digital colonialism threatens cultural sovereignty

EMMA GARLETT: Like classic colonialism, digital colonialism sees the rich and powerful exploit Indigenous people for profit.

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The developers of Fortnite sued Apple and Google for anti-competitive conduct.

Apple, Google guilty in Fortnite fight worth millions

Apple and Google could face a hefty bill after they were sued by the developer of online game Fortnite and found to have engaged in anti-competitive conduct.

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Overreliance on foreign AI models poses real risks to Australia’s defence, intelligence and infrastructure, according to experts in the field.

‘Eaten alive’: AI’s risks to Aussie defence, infrastructure

Digital infrastructure is currently Australia’s defence blindspot, according to a former senior army officer turned academic. There’s only one way to fix it.

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Don’t fall for AI’s FOMO campaign.

Albo must stare down Big Tech’s vested interests

CAMERON MILNER: AI tech bros are attempting a brazen case of daylight robbery across oceans, but Australia must turn its head, see past FOMO and defend intellectual property rights.

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ChatGPT-5 has seen ‘huge improvement’.

‘Huge improvement’: AI evolves with release of ChatGPT-5

As Artificial Intelligence continues to develop at a rapid pace, OpenAI has released a ‘significant’ upgrade with the newest GPT-5 model. 

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Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian.

Atlassian chief’s upbeat view on AI ‘at odds’ with market

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes says he is determined to stick around at the software giant while sharing an upbeat view of artificial intelligence, which one analyst said was at odds with the market.

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There’s been a mixed response to the roll-out of Instagram Maps this week.

Instagram Map lets friends, and possibly exes, track you

A guide to how Instagram is now sharing your location and how to stop it.

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