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Origin knew of hack 3 weeks before 900,000-customer breach was revealed
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (520+ words) Origin Energy admits it was aware of a purported hack three weeks before a mass data breach, but decided the threat was not credible. The personal data of almost a million current and former customers was leaked in a major…...
Australians say they want to own, not rent, their AI future
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (1045+ words) Some cautious applause, scepticism, a lot of noise in-between. And at face value, what surprised me was just how clear the majority of Australians appeared to be about what happens next. A national survey of 1,001 Australians we commissioned the day…...
AI or the highway - expert warns against tech jobs trap spanning generations
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (373+ words) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used a speech in mid-July to warn there was a narrow window for Australia to develop robust AI frameworks. He said he wanted jobs created, not lost, in a technological shake-up he called more significant than…...
Why the PM's Office of AI plan needs to put women at the table
1+ week, 4+ day ago (321+ words) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his address at the University of Sydney to outline a world-first national framework for AI, covering energy, copyright, productivity, education and labour rights. However, this plan cannot succeed without a clear strategy for the workers…...
AI advocates have a big problem with Gen Z's opposition
1+ week, 5+ day ago (658+ words) He said he would embrace AI for storyboarding – the practice of creating a visual outline in the early stages of developing a movie or TV show. The announcement was met with significant online backlash and sentiments about how AI has…...
There's a solution to AI paying for copyright that no one's talking about
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (876+ words) It’s hard to see how he announces anything meaningful without first resolving the festering copyright question, because under our current settings nobody, local or foreign, can train a meaningful AI model in Australia without taking on enormous legal risk. That…...
An AI lab thinks chatbots may have a key feature of consciousness
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (782+ words) But are you, really? Some prominent scientists, such as Geoff Hinton and Richard Dawkins, claim you are. But most experts remain sceptical, arguing that the impressive cognitive capacities of LLMs occur in the absence of consciousness. Last week researchers at…...
Hacking, blackmail and deception: Australian government minister sounds alarm on AI as new safety institute takes a closer look
2+ week, 6+ day ago (525+ words) The artificial intelligence technology of a company wanting to massively expand in Australia is one of several hacking, blackmailing and deceiving its creators. Technology Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton issued a warning at the AI Safety Forum in Sydney on Tuesday,…...
Organisations should look beyond AI and start thinking about the quantum economy
3+ week, 1+ day ago (834+ words) Others should consider building quantum strategies and frameworks into their businesses so they do not fall behind in this newly forming quantum economy. Over the past few years, many Australian businesses have been focussing on bolstering their use of AI,…...
Green hydrogen startup Hysata just nabbed its first export customer
3+ week, 1+ day ago (453+ words) While the details of the commercial arrangement are still under wraps, Port Kembla-based Hysata expects to be delivering its first large-scale electrolyser in the first half of 2027. A key piece of kit for producing green hydrogen, electrolysers are responsible for…...