Richard Marles met OpenAI’s Sam Altman weeks before Australia was even told its government systems had been breached – and still cannot say whether Altman knew.
Nathan Schmidt
Thousands of investors have been caught up in a cyber breach after hackers hit a company tied to a major Aussie trading platform.
Andrew Hedgman
Government departments are ridiculously out of step with the private sector when it comes to detecting data breaches, it’s been revealed.
Blair Jackson
Anthony Albanese is facing questions about the timing of his decision to reveal an “unprecedented” AI hack in Australia.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australia is planning a “rapid” response to a “serious” hack of Medicare data involving a rogue artificial intelligence agent.
Alexandra Feiam, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Nathan Schmidt
The Godfather of AI Yoshua Bengio has warned Australians about the technology’s threat to humanity.
Emma Kirk
Quest Apartment Hotels’ customers have been warned to check their passport and driver’s licence details following a data breach last month.
Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump are on a collision course over Australia’s push to curb big tech’s power.
A graduate of a prestigious private school who created deepfake images of a woman has been slammed by his victim at court.
David Hannant
A top media executive has sounded the alarm on AI, warning it is not only eroding truth, but also stealing original journalism and the work of Australia’s universities.
Lillian Saleh
Almost two dozen world leaders are demanding urgent action to keep artificial intelligence under “human control”.
A bombshell report into triple-0 outages linked to multiple deaths has called for this major move among several recommendations.
Anthony Albanese has weighed in on AI’s dangers while pushing for global protocols to govern the technology – putting him at odds with Trump on a proposed slowdown.
Authorities have issued a warning to MotoGP fans about a scam website falsely claiming to be the official ticket vendor for Adelaide’s debut race.
Labor is exploring a world-first move on controversial smart glasses, as Anthony Albanese heads to the US for talks with tech leaders.
A new survey has surprisingly found more than half of Australians are happy for an AI agent to do this on their behalf.
Hackers have stolen the medical records, bank details and photographs of students at an Aussie school dating back to 2015, following a cyber attack.
An Australian MP has rubbished Sydney Sweeney’s “toxic” betting ad as a “lure” to young men and told the actor to “do better”.
Without a sovereign AI model Australia will become a “supplicant state”, a Liberal frontbencher has warned, as the Senate debates an “extinction” risk.
The minister charged with checking big tech’s power has extended an olive branch on proposed internet laws that the Coalition decry as “censorship”.
The consumer watchdog has its sights set on “predatory” free trial offerings across the economy following a winning lawsuit against a dating site.
Customers in four states and jurisdictions were affected by the telco's second systems failure in a year, which prompted welfare checks by police.
Catherine Bouris
A landmark legal case about gender identity discrimination has ended – with the highest court in Australia ruling in favour of a trans woman.
Angus Taylor has thrown a major hurdle in the way of Anthony Albanese’s plan to crack down on big tech.
