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A tiny glowing keyboard may be a harbinger of a much bigger shift in how we interact with AI.
AI models that are open source allow developers and users to see and modify the underlying program code.
Anthropic’s latest model – Mythos – has spooked the world of finance. So it’s a good idea to keep your computer and banking apps updated.
Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of the Singapore Stone. Now that software is ready.
Even if you’ve never used these software tools, your employer probably has. Now, AI threatens to upend the systems businesses have relied on for years.
Talking to a human can come with certain limits.
Vibe coding is a buzzy phrase that describes using AI language tools to write software. You enter a natural language phrase for what you want – to a point – and get back code.
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.
Handing over the tasks once done by human developers comes with some major risks.
Too often, prescribing errors occur due to programming errors or poor design and have less to do with the health workers using the system.
A secret, years-long project to implant a backdoor in a widely used free software tool was only foiled by luck.
Canada has spent billions on health-care software that does not even communicate province to province. Free and open-source software would be a technically superior and far less expensive option.
Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
Prolific and highly profitable, LockBit provides ransomware as a service. Aspiring cybercriminals sign up to the scheme, and the group takes a cut. Here’s how it works.
How do all the different pieces of digital technology you use every day – weather apps, online banking, games and so on – talk to each other? Via application programming interfaces, or APIs.
Many speak fondly of how Barry Dwolatzky took them into a derelict disco and enthusiastically explained the tech co-working space he envisioned there.
Metaphorical black boxes shield the inner workings of AIs, which protect software developers’ intellectual property. They also make it hard to understand how the AIs work – and why things go wrong.
Generative AI is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict the types of social consequences it may cause.
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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