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Govt mulls banning ‘high-risk’ AI

Wants Australia to be world leader in regulation.

Adobe has destroyed image trustworthiness forever

Generative AI could turn the entire Internet into a deepfake.
Cyber firm hacked through new employee

Attackers intercepted an onboarding email.

Does AI pose the same threat as nuclear war?

Don't believe the hype.
Govt urged to be ‘bold’ and protect kids’ data

Privacy Act reform is a chance to save children from surveillance.
Australian employees failing ChatGPT

AI apathy bodes poorly for national productivity.
Blaze Your Trail wins TechDiversity business award

Recognising tech employers for diversity and inclusion initiatives.
IFIP News, May 2023

ICT news from around the world.
ChatGPT makes ass of lawyer

Submitted fake cases to judge.
FBI recruiting for Melbourne cyber specialist

You might want to read the caveats first.
Australia lagging behind on AI regulation

Concerns a lack of rules will leave us unprotected.
Neuralink gets approval to put brain chip in humans

Overcame initial safety concerns.
Australia closes in on 1.2 million tech workers

Reached 935,000 in February.
How tech giants kept Australian election clean

Now pivoting to fight disinformation around Voice campaigns.
AI could lead to ‘many, many’ deaths

Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt labels it an existential risk.
AI hype sends Nvidia share price soaring

A 25pc bump in one day.
Netflix password sharing crackdown hits Australia

Account holders must now pay for extra users.
A third of Aussie businesses to lay off staff this year

And you can forget about that pay rise.
IKEA delivers with EV tuk tuks

Retailer on a mission to cut emissions in Australia.
Government issues high alert for Chinese hackers

Five Eyes nations warn the cyber spies are hard to detect.
I am a blind software developer

And I want to make software development accessible for all.
Sunshine Coast gets new cyber centre

Its job is to protect Australia’s critical infrastructure.
Explainer: What is the fediverse?

Decentralised, interoperable social media is here.
Cyber insurers push back against ransom ban

Contradict government advice as 70pc of businesses hit.
Legacy IT systems blamed for insurance firm’s failures

Federal Court judge blasts outdated technology.
Russia won't give up Medibank hackers

Refuses to cooperate with Australian police.
New Google domains a scammer’s dream

Experts say new TLDs are a phishing nightmare.
44pc of employees prepared to quit jobs

Significant disconnect between workers and managers.
Ireland fines Meta $2b for moving data to US

Largest GDPR fine ever.
Government to regulate Buy Now, Pay Later

Providers will have to meet responsible lending obligations.
Binance slowly being squeezed out of Australia

Westpac blocks customer deposits, loses PayID access.
OpenAI CEO is ‘nervous’ about our AI future

Wants to see licenses for AI companies.
Govt quadruples funding for eSafety Commissioner

Preparing for online age verification tool.
Manjusha Bhakta wins 2022 ACS President’s Award

A champion of data analytics who is helping ACS grow.
Police arrest HBO hacker

Man leaked House of the Dragon finale online.
Tesla is making progress on its Optimus robot

Can slowly walk around.
Banks join forces to intercept scam payments

Data sharing will expedite detection and blocking of scam funds.
Should you tell your boss about your mental illness?

Here’s what to weigh up.
iPhone gets major security and SOS upgrade

Rapid response pushed to Apple users.
Elon Musk names new Twitter CEO

It’s now up to ad exec Linda Yaccarino to turn it around.
Anti-scams centre to be up and running by July

Australians lost at least $3.1b in 2022.
Insurance company loses $2b cyber payout case

Court rules cyber attacks are not an ‘act of war’.
ACS partners with TechDiversity

Working together on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
AI could be a form of intelligence unlike our own

Have we been getting it wrong the whole time?
What happens to obsolete brain implants?

The broader implications of brain-computer interfaces
Generative AI supports cyber security analysts

Constraining ChatGPT training data improves accuracy.
Hollywood writers strike against AI displacement

TV productions halted as thousands join protests.
Budget 2023: Small wins for tech sector

Funding for cyber security, quantum.
Budget 2023: ACS calls for trainee program, teacher funding

Peak IT membership body outlines where money should be spent.
Morrison govt spent $1.9 billion on tech outsourcing

And that’s just in one year.
Sydney cancer treatment centre caught in cyber attack

Hackers threatening to release stolen data.
Government urged to build publicly-owned cloud

End reliance on AWS in the public sector.
People already control computers with their minds

But brain-computer interface tech is still limited.
Criminals using your voice to scam loved ones

Could you tell if a voice on the phone was real or not?
Australia now has a Quantum Strategy

Focus on R&D, supply chain, workforce, standards, and equality.
Standalone Privacy Commissioner to be appointed

Government responds to growing data breach incidents.
Tech giants call for more coherent policy

Hearing told regulation and policy needs to keep up.
Technology overhaul to TV ratings

Episode streaming to be counted for first time.
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google amid AI fears

Geoffrey Hinton wants to speak out about the risks of AI.
A quarter of all jobs will change within five years

The fastest growing jobs are in tech.
Brain-computer interfaces: the future of computing

Devices that read your mind are being developed.
Medibank: We’re not telling how we were hacked

But says it will implement "all recommendations" from audit.
BlueSky opens up as founder slams Twitter

Decentralised social media contender takes on Musk's platform.
Underwater drone facility sets up shop in WA

Subsea robotics base heroes Aussie manufacturing innovation.
Explainer: What is neuromorphic computing?

AI’s adoption is driving new interest in the power-efficient chips.
Migration system seen as ‘unfair’ and inefficient

Review wants major reforms to attract highly skilled migrants.
Security experts are jumping ship after cyber incidents

Get little reward for working in a high stress environment.
Defence review hones in on cyber capabilities

Says the Defence Force is structured for a 'bygone era'.
Schumacher family to sue over ‘tasteless’ AI interview

German magazine used fake quotes from the Formula One legend.
New SMS registry aims to fight scam texts

Govt will spent $10m to stop fraudulent messages.