The regulator examining the Telstra outage that left people unable to connect to emergency services had months earlier issued legal threats to a consumer group that published unflattering research about access to the Triple Zero (000) phone service. In March, months before Telstra’s nationwide outage on July 8, a survey commissioned by the Australian Communications…
Australian artists want a seat around the table at the new office for artificial intelligence established by Anthony Albanese in a bid to “shape” how the technology affects the country. The prime minister has pledged writers and musicians will retain control over if and how their work is used to train AI, allaying industry fears…
A network of GP practices and skin cancer clinics has been hit in a major cyber attack, with personal medical records stolen. Partnered Health, which runs 57 clinics across the country, posted an incident report to its website confirming that patients’ medical records were accessed and taken in the cyber breach. It became aware of…
A group of 26 US Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used AI systems to identify people for lay-offs, disproportionately targeting those on medical, parental or family leave. They are among the 8,000 employees, or about 10 per cent of its workforce, Meta said it would lay off in May. The lawsuit, filed…
Australia will force data centres to minimise water use and fund their own power supply under mandatory national rules, as Anthony Albanese moves to centralise oversight of artificial intelligence. The prime minister warned Australia had a narrow window to set AI’s “social licence” as he acknowledged gaps and risks in the currently fragmented approach to…
A suppression order protecting the identity of a man who has pleaded guilty to possessing and producing child abuse material has been lifted. The ABC can reveal Christopher Rankin, 36, of Mildura, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to 17 charges including possessing and producing child abuse material. A court order preventing the media…
Thanks to a set of glasses, Sam Taylor no longer has to pull out his phone at the fridge, open an app, and point the camera in the right direction. Instead, he now asks, “Look and read.” Through the speakers built into his black sunglasses, artificial intelligence tells him he is holding a carton of…
Australia will seek to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence without losing control of it by tackling challenges such as data centres, copyright, and jobs through a new national framework. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a speech in Sydney on Wednesday to declare the end of the federal government’s “issue-by-issue” approach to AI and…
Runaway demand for turbines from data centres in the US is making new gas-fired power uncompetitive with batteries in the evening peak for the first time, a report has found. Australia’s top science agency, the CSIRO, said batteries were helping to lower high evening prices for electricity as the costs of the technology fell and…
Australia will seek to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence without losing control of it by tackling challenges like data centres, copyright and jobs through a new national framework. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a speech in Sydney on Wednesday to declare the end of the federal government’s “issue-by-issue” approach to AI and outline…