Technology

A Perth tech founder has reportedly left his own artificial intelligence company to join Mark Zuckerburg’s Meta. 

Humans are laden with conscious and unconscious biases. Could artificial intelligence deliver a fairer justice system?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The tech could represent the end of visual fact — the idea that video could serve as an objective record of reality.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As users progress through ‘levels’ of conversation, they unlock more raunchy content, like the ability to strip the chatbot down to lacy lingerie.

The University of Melbourne's Richard Robson is one of three winners for a discovery likened to a Harry Potter enchanted handbag.

The Communications Department says it was not made aware of last month’s deadly Triple-0 outage for more than a day because Optus sent a crucial email to the wrong address. 

Communications Minister Anika Wells has refused to answer a simple question about the Optus outage that is linked to the death of three Australians, instead announcing new laws to keep big telcos accountable.

The US Government shutdown is helping propel digital currency Bitcoin towards prices that would have sounded implausible a few years ago.

Organised crime gangs are flooding university students' inboxes with blackmail demands, threatening to expose compromising footage unless victims pay up in bitcoin.

Consulting firm Deloitte charged the Federal Government $440,000 for a report with made-up citations, fabricated quotations and advice inconsistent with the underlying research.

It comes as the company behind ChatGPT also reached the same valuation.

The world’s first passenger aircraft without windows would cut down on fuel costs, making travel cheaper and better for the environment.

The latest layoffs come as Google accelerates job cuts to focus spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While artificial intelligence chatbots promise detailed, personalised answers, they also offer validation on demand.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: An energetic mayor was sick of being surrounded by children addicted to their screens. He pushed for the government to step in.