1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (888+ words) Across Queensland, thousands of council cameras are recording Aussies as they move through suburban streets, with increasingly powerful technology making that footage searchable in ways previously impossible. Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president, Michael Cope, warned the rapidly advancing capabilities…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (702+ words) On Thursday, American chipmaker NVIDIA announced they will buy the artificial intelligence library Hugging Face for $13 billion (€11.2bn). It's an astonishing amount of money for a platform that started as an age-appropriate chat app for teenagers, but has since pivoted to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (608+ words) More than one million students, parents, guardians and teachers across Australia and New Zealand have been caught up in a major data breach after hackers accessed an internal Mathspace system and stole personal details. Mathspace is an online maths learning…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (418+ words) One-size-fits-all restrictions on how artificial intelligence data centres are powered could send investment in the growing technology overseas, business groups warn. In a submission to a Senate inquiry into AI data centres, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) Experts are calling on the federal government to stand firm on commitments to mandate data centres to provide renewable energy. The states and territories agreed to nationwide standards for artificial intelligence data centres at a meeting of national cabinet in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) Footage has gone viral of a humanoid robot undertaking a 100m (328ft) sprint test at a running track in Beijing, China on August 20. The robot is seen running into a barrier, then falling over and emitting sparks from its midsection. Speculation is…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (331+ words) Australian hair and beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty has confirmed a cyber incident, possibly impacting up to two million customers. On Wednesday, the family-owned retailer confirmed the cyber incident to its customers after an unauthorised third party gained access…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (413+ words) Twitch has been criticised by users after it emerged the popular streaming platform allowed their content to be used to train Amazon's artificial intelligence (AI) models. Amazon owns Twitch and a setting allowing the US tech giant to take data…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (423+ words) A draft Stormont strategy suggests Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be rolled out across the public sector to automate routine administrative tasks. It highlights document processing, data entry, minute-taking, and basic query handling as prime areas for automation. The strategy does…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (391+ words) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday urged the heads of three of the country's most prominent artificial intelligence companies to pause development amid growing concerns about the risks that their technologies pose. In a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,…...