Technology

AARON PATRICK: The leading artificial intelligence companies are racing to crystallise billions in value for investors by promising to change the world. Is the hype credible?

The iPhone maker revealed its new artificial intelligence products at its developer conference, the last with Tim Cook as chief executive.

Instagram has quietly rolled out one of its biggest profile changes in years, giving users the power to rearrange their grid for the first time.

Elon Musk is the face of SpaceX’s explosive growth but as the company heads toward a blockbuster IPO, it is someone else who may be the real power behind the rocket giant.

Anthropic says artificial intelligence could soon improve without human intervention and wants to co-ordinate a way to pause development of advanced AI systems.

JENI O’DOWD: There is no question AI can make life easier, but this unspoken risk puts entire generations at risk.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the lawsuit, the State said OpenAI had built ‘a dangerous online product’.

Australian children are being radicalised ‘within days’, according to the nation’s top cop who said urging tech giants to step up will be the primary focus of next month’s high-level police summit in the UK. 

There has still been no enforcement action from Australia’s under-16s social media ban despite one app allowing young people to retry their age verification 24 times in a day. 

KATHERINE BENNELL-PEGG: If we can harness that ambition and desire for exploration, in our young people and across our industries, then we can shape a positive future for all Australians. 

Trillions of dollars of investment into the AI boom will lift inflation and wide the gap between winners and losers in a structural shift in share market returns.

TOM RICHARDSON: The SpaceX IPO will test the ability of Elon Musk to win renewed investor support for his ability to deliver grand visions that advance humanity.

A tech giant has admitted it failed to comply with Australian regulations, three years after it was first notified of the issue.

Its users are burning through quadrillions of tokens a month, costing the company computing power and money.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It would lay the groundwork for one of the largest artificial intelligence company offerings that would heighten the stakes of the technology race.

A tech boss developing Australia’s answer to WhatsApp and Slack is warning start-ups will leave Australia for New Zealand because of Labor’s new minimum 30 per cent capital gains tax. 

Australia already has laws governing discrimination, consumer protection, privacy, workplace safety and unfair dismissal. The task is ensuring those laws remain effective when AI becomes the instrument.

The federal jury made a unanimous decision on Elon Musk’s legal battle against OpenAI after less than two hours deliberation.