Technology

TOM RICHARDSON: Sam Altman says AI will change the world in unknown ways, but governments may have already lost the race against their big tech masters.

Further details of a deal reached between the US and China over control of the popular social media platform TikTok have been revealed.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: AirPods users need only make a gesture to activate the digital interpreter. A second after someone speaks, the translation is played in the wearer’s preferred language through the earbuds.

A woman has stunned reporters at a demonstration in support of Luigi Mangione, revealing she ‘married’ the accused CEO killer’s AI clone.

THE ECONOMIST: A historic partnership between the two chip giants raises questions about the growing incestuousness in the AI economy.

The Meta CEO has invested billions of dollars trying to bring his metaverse vision to life. Fast-forward to 2025, and he is still waiting for a return on that investment.

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner says Kmart’s cameras ‘indiscriminately’ collected biometric data, breaching privacy laws.

Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant’s boardroom blitz of US tech titans in Silicon Valley next week will include a online platform on everyone’s lips — Discord.

Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms in America’s Silicon Valley next week as the world-first under-16s ban fast approaches.

The first detailed study of what users do with ChatGPT has been released and there’s been a big shift in how people are using AI.

Social media companies have been handed ‘clear’ directions on how to ensure kids under 16 are off their platforms as a ban deadline looms.

A popular dating app will roll out a mandatory new safety feature from today, in a bid to stamp out bad actors, including potential scammers and fraudsters.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Instead of making us all more sensitive to the horrors of our world, graphic videos turn into something closer to viral snuff films when they are endlessly replayed. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Years later he made a confession to his mother. ‘Promise you won’t get mad if I tell you?’

Social media platforms have been told they will have to delete existing child accounts and block kids from re-registering or risk fines of almost $50 million.