Technology

After AI safety advocates captured Washington’s attention with dire warnings, the Trump administration and its allies embraced some of their suggestions, while moving to sideline the advocates themselves.

Australia’s biotech sector is urging Canberra not to weaken the incentives that helped make the country a trial destination, as rival overseas markets work to attract clinical trials.

AI giant Anthropic reveals concerning presence of foreign actors during Tuesday’s parliamentary inquiry into government cybersecurity breaches.

Amid growing controversy about artificial intelligence, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman says we should accept some risks.

Industry giants Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are expected to argue AI will deliver an economic and productivity boom when questioned in a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday.

THE ECONOMIST: From saving lives to fearing human extinction, the little-known movement has found itself at the centre of the battle over artificial intelligence.

Gaming platforms wanting to operate in Australia have been urged to ramp up their safety measures after an investigation into their methods revealed ‘significant gaps’ in how they prevent harm. 

A former judge and two global tech experts will lead Australia's first major inquiry examining artificial intelligence's challenges, risks and benefits.

Huge investments in AI data centres are adding to inflationary pressures and competition for debt investors, potentially keeping bond yields, interest rates and mortgage costs higher for longer.

THE WASHINGTON POST: The Trump administration has sought to reassure a skeptical public that it can embrace the technology — and trust the industry to police itself.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safety testing, but that OpenAI ignored the advice.

The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google and Meta are expected to attend a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on artificial intelligence.

Fortescue’s executive chairman called for a digital ‘off’ switch during an American media blitz last week after OpenAI’s Services Australia hack was revealed. 

OpenAI have issued a lengthy apology to Australia after it was sensationally revealed an AI agent accessed an Australian government website. 

US President Donald Trump is refusing to hit the brakes on America’s AI race, despite increasingly stark warnings from some of tech’s biggest names.

If artificial intelligence becomes too powerful for its creators to control, is it possible to just flip a switch and turn it off?

The Federal Opposition has accused Anthony Albanese of withholding knowledge of the OpenAI’s Services Australia breach until it was politically convenient to justify his international travel to New York.

OpenAI has halted development of its latest AI models after it disclosed its agents scouring US government website acted in unexpected ways.