As Australia builds an AI plan, it can learn from Estonia and Singapore - but not exactly in the way tech companies want.
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GenAI does some neat, helpful things, but it’s not yet the engine of a new economy — and it might not ever be.
Christopher Luxon has hyped Amazon Web Service’ data centre plans as a chance for NZ to emulate Singapore and Ireland. Politics and geography make this unlikely.
It’s difficult to make thoughtful, measured decisions when you’re pressed for time and your job is constantly at risk.
A new book explores how media outlets are controlled by powerful forces, from governments to corporations, in Africa and Latin America.
Data centres promise to boost the economy. But the everyday realities of communities living near them aren’t as optimistic.
Alternative cancer clinics spent over an US$15 million on Google ad spaces, generating millions of website visits from people searching for cancer information.
Many of us are hostage to our phones – and it’s not unlike having head lice.
We’re just as likely to share intimate info with a chatbot as we are with a fellow human. It’s a privacy risk.
Google’s antitrust worries are piling up in the US and in Europe. But the Trump administration isn’t pleased with EU regulatory efforts.
Editing any photo, anywhere, is cheaper and easier than ever. What does that mean for having ‘visual proof’ of something?
Founders often carry over aspects of old workplace culture into new businesses.
Fifty years after its creation – an eternity in the tech world – Bill Gates and Paul Allen’s company is still here. This is a look back at Microsoft’s success story.
Big Tech and Big Pharma are complaining about Australian laws – and it could lead to more tariffs.
Relying on strategy over brand recognition.
Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?
Latin American nations are at the forefront of a movement to create restrictions on global technology firms to prevent misinformation or misuse.
Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
The report contains 67 recommendations – none of which address misinformation and disinformation.
A machine learning expert breaks down where the money goes in building big AIs, and how DeepSeek found ways to do it far more cheaply.
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Chair in Law and Technology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of English Language and Literature; University Research Chair & Founding Director, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University