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Female employees of a tech company get stuck in an elevator in Eloise Snape’s timely play about AI, corporate culture and the patriarchy.
Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
Tech platforms need to be responsible for reporting online child sexual exploitation rather than relying on victims to do so.
None of the rapid development in AI exists in a vacuum. It is built on decades of blue-skies work by academics.
Australia’s laws don’t deal with all the ways local profits are shifted offshore. The ATO aims to close that gap.
Unless forced to do so, big tech companies are unlikely to implement features that go against their business model.
The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.
The agreement could mark a turning point for public policies on social media precisely because it addresses the architecture of the platforms themselves.
A lawyer who worked on a class action against tobacco makers says the Meta deal mirrors the playbook of Big Tobacco – and will cost only a few days’ revenue.
People should have meaningful choices about the systems organising their attention.
Australia is being called a ‘loser country’ over the News Bargaining Incentive. Will we stand our ground?
Major changes for TikTok and YouTube could be about to follow.
There’s no single giveaway. But there are patterns.
A loss for Meta may force it to redesign Facebook and Instagram – and not just for US users.
Technical fixes to AI systems aren’t enough. What’s needed is an overhaul of AI eco-systems to ensure they’re more inclusive.
Labels alone won’t be enough to tackle the rise of deepfakes.
Self-hosting is a general catch-all term for taking control of your own data. It comes in many flavours.
OpenAI described the attack as unprecedented.
The Victorian government says the new laws are ‘nation leading’. But there are several points of concern to address.
Many baby boomers see AI as a revolutionary tool, while young people see it as taking away their agency.



















