‘No longer fit for purpose’: warning for jobs in AI era
As chatbots replace call centre workers and ChatGPT substitutes student biros, global AI leaders will meet ministers to discuss securing Australia's future.
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A student-led project is using self-made radio telescopes to inspire science among high school students, particularly those with limited access to STEM resources, reports DHWANI PATHAK.
Leading advocates for Australia's social media age ban will return to Canberra to support Labor's efforts to increase scrutiny of big tech companies.
Australian motorists are voting with their feet and wallets as electric cars drive a path through the market.
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Nation-first fully-integrated bionic arm ready to go global
A university startup has developed Australia's first fully-integrated bionic arm, giving hope to users who have given up on heavy, painful prosthetics.
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Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour
A first-of-its-kind, 60-minute course designed to help older people look out for fake news shows more than a third are confident in verifying information.
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Workers ‘forced’ to accept AI systems or leave jobs
The federal government's plans for AI are unrealistic and could put Australian workers at risk, including through unethical practices, an expert warns.
Telstra is "deeply sorry" for failing to stop an error in a server that took down its mobile network and prevented Australians from making calls to triple zero.
Telstra is facing scrutiny after its third major outage in less than a year, as experts call for legislation to suit an increasingly digitally-reliant world.
Telstra is being warned it will be held accountable and could face a $30 million fine as the regulator probes the telco's major system failures.
Australian employees are turning to artificial intelligence tools to get ahead at work without the knowledge or permission of their employers.
The opposition leader will use a five-week break in parliament sittings to try and catch up to One Nation in the polls through campaigning in marginal seats.
AI-generated faces tend to be more symmetrical, proportional and attractive than their human counterparts, Australian National University researchers say.
Young girls face the greatest psychological risk of all adolescents from using social media for extended periods, a decade-long Australian study has found.
Thousands of Australians are reporting trouble with their mobile phone service, with smartphone snags responsible for almost half of all ombudsman complaints.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has singled out Australia's under-16 social media ban as a driver of child safety changes on the tech giant's devices.
Residents in Duffy may receive a loud emergency warning on their mobile devices on Wednesday as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) tests Australia's new AusAlert system.
Most households are not accessing the full speed of their broadband connections, research shows, and the reasons are surprising.
Artificial intelligence tools will be used in unexpected ways by the government, from finding tax-return mistakes to assessing environmental projects.
