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Apple's souped-up Siri could enlist more Aussie AI fans

Apple's souped-up Siri could enlist more Aussie AI fans

Putting powerful artificial intelligence features inside a popular smartphone could change Australia's use of the technology and recruit more users.

Chatbot mechanics: Aussies are turning to AI for fixes

Chatbot mechanics: Aussies are turning to AI for fixes

Chatbot mechanics: Aussies are turning to AI for fixes

Chatbot mechanics: Aussies are turning to AI for fixes

More motorists are turning to artificial intelligence for advice on how to fix their car and one in three trust the technology more than a human.

AI's dirty secret: data centre boom threatens resources

AI's dirty secret: data centre boom threatens resources

AI's dirty secret: data centre boom threatens resources

AI's dirty secret: data centre boom threatens resources

Artificial intelligence could use three per cent of global energy by the end of the decade, the UN warns, and use 10 times more land than Mexico City.

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Aussies pay up as use of artificial intelligence surges

Aussies pay up as use of artificial intelligence surges

More than 150,000 Australians pay for a subscription to an AI service such as ChatGPT and Claude, a huge increase from three years ago.

Online spaces, social media speeding up radicalisation

Online spaces, social media speeding up radicalisation

Social media, gaming platforms and other internet spaces are increasing the speed of radicalisation, posing a significant threat to young Australians.

More Australian firms are panicking and paying ransoms

More Australian firms are panicking and paying ransoms

Australian companies are among the most likely to pay online criminals to retrieve stolen data even though they have to disclose their payments.

Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Blow for academics sued over alleged anti-Semitic posts

Jewish academics have won a bid to amend discrimination claims against their colleagues over allegedly anti-Semitic social media posts.

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Teens navigating sex, relationships earlier than ever

Teens navigating sex, relationships earlier than ever

Teens navigating sex, relationships earlier than ever

Teens navigating sex, relationships earlier than ever

Young people are calling out for education on relationships, consent and sex, not just biology or risk, while navigating these topics earlier than ever.

Can the 'manosphere' be transformed for good?

Can the 'manosphere' be transformed for good?

Can the 'manosphere' be transformed for good?

Can the 'manosphere' be transformed for good?

As toxic masculinity builds online, a summit will bring together 100 leaders and advocates to discuss male-based solutions to end gendered violence.

X Corp fined $650k over child abuse notice failure

X Corp fined $650k over child abuse notice failure

X Corp fined $650k over child abuse notice failure

X Corp fined $650k over child abuse notice failure

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

Brace for bugmageddon: experts warn of AI crime wave

Brace for bugmageddon: experts warn of AI crime wave

Brace for bugmageddon: experts warn of AI crime wave

Brace for bugmageddon: experts warn of AI crime wave

Attacks on Australian financial service firms are growing but artificial intelligence technology could raise the threat level even higher.

Plausible mistakes: Wikipedia boss says don't trust AI

Plausible mistakes: Wikipedia boss says don't trust AI

Plausible mistakes: Wikipedia boss says don't trust AI

Plausible mistakes: Wikipedia boss says don't trust AI

Artificial intelligence could make our lives better, according to Wikipedia's founder, but it's still far from being a reliable source of information.

Brag by nation's youngest murderer led to shocking find

Brag by nation's youngest murderer led to shocking find

Brag by nation's youngest murderer led to shocking find

Brag by nation's youngest murderer led to shocking find

A boast by a convicted teen killer about breaching strict supervision weeks after being freed had him thrown back behind bars for a third time.

'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

A man who doctored intimate images with AI before threatening to publish them will serve time in the community after successfully appealing a prison sentence.

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Why goldfish might be undermining your internet speed

Most households are not accessing the full speed of their broadband connections, research shows, and the reasons are surprising.

Queer youth seek connection in wake of social media ban

Australia's landmark social media ban is having a mixed impact on queer youth who have often used the platforms to connect and find like-minded people.

Australia's data centre dilemma: energy boom or bust?

Tech giants are spending billions of dollars to make Australia an artificial intelligence destination but its impact on the nation is up for debate.

Noisy, smelly and thirsty: call to pause data centres

Australia is on track to become a world leader for data centres powering the AI revolution but experts say their approvals need greater scrutiny.

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Clean up AI or go away: rules proposed for data centres

Artificial intelligence companies should promise they have not broken the law before building a data centre in Australia, an inquiry has been told.

AI chatbots might dob: Meta issues warning to teens

Artificially intelligent chatbots on three popular social networks will share details about what teens ask with their parents under the latest reform.

Gaming giants face big fines for exposing kids to harm

Video game platforms have been told to show how they are preventing Australian children from being groomed and radicalised or risk heavy fines.

YouTuber investigated for filming Dezi's secret hideout

A police investigation is under way after a YouTuber filmed the campsite where double cop killer Dezi Freeman was shot dead.

Roblox's game-changing safety overhaul under scrutiny

The sweeping changes to the controversial gaming platform came after Communications Minister Anika Wells called for an urgent meeting.

More young people like social media ban than oppose it

Months after more children were banned from social media, almost half of young people support the change even as they worry about missing out.

'More people, more books': tech to end audiobook debate

The question of whether audiobooks count as reading is about to get more complicated thanks to a feature from a major tech firm.

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