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CES 2025: tech firms promise AI robots, cars, fridges

CES 2025: tech firms promise AI robots, cars, fridges

Robots, self-driving cars and AI-powered work colleagues may not be far away, according to predictions aired at the Consumer Electronics Show.

All ahead AI: fresh risk, different rules, new features

All ahead AI: fresh risk, different rules, new features

All ahead AI: fresh risk, different rules, new features

All ahead AI: fresh risk, different rules, new features

Generative AI tools have already changed the way Australians work, communicate and study. Experts say more changes are coming in 2025.

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Researchers are creating artificially intelligent companions to help people get through challenges but that does not necessarily cut humans out of the picture.

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Apple launches its big AI push but is it too late?

Apple launches its big AI push but is it too late?

Features launching on Apple devices will write a story, draw an image and summarise articles but the AI push helped by ChatGPT arrives after those of rivals.

AI used to target election fraud and criminal deepfakes

AI used to target election fraud and criminal deepfakes

Government agencies are teaming up with Microsoft to track disinformation and criminal acts, with plans to use AI to detect attempts to interfere in elections.

Smartphones still driving professionals to distraction

Smartphones still driving professionals to distraction

Calls, messages and apps are even getting the best of paid drivers, a study has found, amid a call to introduce surveillance and safety alerts behind the wheel.

An AI cop could help keep tech in check, inquiry hears

An AI cop could help keep tech in check, inquiry hears

The government should appoint an artificial intelligence commissioner to oversee the technology, an inquiry has heard, amid concerns over unfair uses.

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Hold the phone calls: digital services may save time

Hold the phone calls: digital services may save time

Hold the phone calls: digital services may save time

Hold the phone calls: digital services may save time

Australians could spend less time on the phone and the government could save money with a greater investment in digital services, a report says.

Australia needs an AI law to stop copyright ‘pirates’

Australia needs an AI law to stop copyright ‘pirates’

Australia needs an AI law to stop copyright ‘pirates’

Australia needs an AI law to stop copyright ‘pirates’

Artificial intelligence tools, including chatbots from Google, Amazon and OpenAI, need to be regulated by law in Australia, an inquiry recommends.

Workers are using AI but worry it makes them look lazy

Workers are using AI but worry it makes them look lazy

Workers are using AI but worry it makes them look lazy

Workers are using AI but worry it makes them look lazy

More Australian white collar workers are using artificial intelligence tools to do their jobs but research shows many feel guilty about telling the boss.

Why your words and photos might already be training AI

Why your words and photos might already be training AI

Why your words and photos might already be training AI

Why your words and photos might already be training AI

More tech companies are introducing AI features to their services, and authors and experts warn it can be hard – if not impossible – to opt out.

Why Aussie school students are being given an AI grade

Why Aussie school students are being given an AI grade

Why Aussie school students are being given an AI grade

Why Aussie school students are being given an AI grade

An artificial intelligence tool developed in Australia is being tested in classrooms and early results suggest it is helping students improve their answers.

Govt agencies urged to consider the cost of AI failures

Govt agencies urged to consider the cost of AI failures

Govt agencies urged to consider the cost of AI failures

Govt agencies urged to consider the cost of AI failures

The cost of repaying those harmed by AI decisions should be considered before government departments deploy the technology, an inquiry has heard.

Major Australian university launches 'AI first' policy

Major Australian university launches 'AI first' policy

Major Australian university launches 'AI first' policy

Major Australian university launches 'AI first' policy

University students will be encouraged to use artificial intelligence programs to complete assignments and research projects under a bold policy change.

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World fair for coders celebrates 'nerditude' of AI era

The next phase of generative AI has begun, according to the world's leading open source developer platform, with new tools launched to craft apps out of ideas.

Deepfake images harming Aussie kids and businesses

Australia is being warned to bring in urgent laws and education to tackle AI-generated deepfake images that put companies and children at risk.

'The bot will see you now': why AI could be the new HR

More companies are using artificial intelligence to interview and rank job candidates but the government's proposed mandatory rules could curtail the trend.

Google reveals plans to add AI to Aussie search results

Google's generative AI tool will explain search results in Australia as part of a technology trial but experts warn to watch for serious or funny mistakes.

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Xero acquires analytics platform Syft for $104 million

Accounting software business Xero hit its highest price since 2022 after announcing the $A104 million acquisition of cloud-based reporting platform Syft.

AI-powered satellites to search for Aussie bushfires

A satellite constellation powered by artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology will launch from next year, watching the world for small fires.

Privacy law calls as Meta admits farming Aussie photos

Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.

Aussie companies should not be shy but careful about AI

Businesses need to monitor for bias, copyright infractions and ethical issues when using AI, a group has warned, but should not ignore the technology.

AI is coming to your smartphone but not the guardrails

Tech giant Apple is expected to launch its first iPhones with generative AI within days but experts say the technology still lacks safeguards.

Manslaughter probe into deadly sinking of luxury yacht

An initial investigation into manslaughter has been opened as families mourn seven people killed when a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

Why future cars will be like 'smartphones on wheels'

Buyers might not choose their next car for its shape, power or brand, auto experts say, but based on what its software can do.

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