Technology

KATE EMERY: How dare the Productivity Commission float reducing the value of Australia’s creative industries to power big tech’s multi-billion-dollar plagiarism machines.

Almost 15 years after launching, social media giant Instagram has taken pages out of other app’s books and added three new features to their app. 

British lawmaker Mark Sewards released an artificial intelligence prototype of himself to help deal with a backlog of queries from constituents. Some weren’t impressed.

New research has revealed that a worrying amount of Australian children are turning to AI for emotional support.

The findings were contained in a Productivity Commission research paper, which also found that new technology could inject $116 billion into the economy. 

The offer also reportedly included ‘top bonuses’ and ‘extraordinary stock performance’.

From a micro-managing CEO to a powerful HR department, the world’s most notorious ransomware gang operated like a regular software business.

MARK RILEY: The families of three teens lost to online abuse stood with the PM as the government launched a ban on under-16s using social media — but is it enough?

AARON PATRICK: The decision to restrict access to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and other sites ignores a truism of life: each generation must navigate the world as it is.

An attempt for the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years has come crashing down after an Australian-manufactured rocket exploded within seconds of liftoff. 

Instagram reckons it’s already lifting its game. Here’s what’s changing.

Australia’s trainee spies are forced to use outdated computers while their faster phones stay locked away.

Pronatalism: It’s a growing movement, especially amongst the rich and powerful, and it’s giving a huge boost to a fertility industry already experiencing heightened demand. 

THE ECONOMIST: If Silicon Valley’s financial predictions are even close to being accurate, expect unprecedented economic upheaval from the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

Ike Barinholtz is in talks to play Elon Musk in a comedy about the shenanigans at OpenAI. Musk famously has a long-running feud with OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.