Confronting accounts give a rare insight into the minds of perpetrators of deepfake image-based abuse, as part of a landmark study.
Macquarie Dictionary names 'AI slop' as word of the year 2025
'AI slop' refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.
Humanoid robots will change work forever
There is now a global race to build humanoids that can walk, talk, reason, lift, carry, fetch, stack and generally operate in a human environment.
The EU's been accused of caving to big tech on AI regulation. Here's why
Artificial intelligence could be trained using the sensitive health data of European citizens under proposed changes to the EU's rules on the sector.
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What we know about the Cloudflare outage that impacted X and ChatGPT
Cloudflare says it has fully restored services after a "latent bug" sent major platforms including X and ChatGPT into a tailspin. Here's what we know.
Topic:Explainer
Nintendo gave away millions of games for free. The risk paid off
Innovative motion controls and accessible design made the Nintendo Wii one of the most popular consoles of all time.
Australia among 3 countries to trial Roblox age checks
The company says age verification checks will start in early December, around the same time Australia's social media ban for under-16s is set to come into effect.
How the landline is making a comeback
As smartphones swallow childhood, a growing movement of parents is reinstalling landlines, hoping an old-school corded phone can restore patience and connection.
Chinese buses on Australian roads spark cybersecurity concerns
The same Chinese company that makes electric buses now under review in Denmark and Norway also has electric buses on Australian roads.
'The world is watching': PM says he's confident social media ban will work
Anthony Albanese says he is confident Australia's social media age limit will be a success when it begins next month.
AI is creeping into every part of life — work, therapy, school, art — and Australians are divided between fascination and fear
We asked readers if they had thoughts or concerns about the rise of AI. This is what they told us.
'My $40K degree is worthless now': How AI is erasing jobs once thought safe
AI's rapid uptake in Australian workplaces has many workers asking how they can stay relevant.
Reddit and Kick added to child social media ban
Reddit and Kick will be included in the world-first social media ban for children under 16, which begins next month.
'Throw the kitchen sink at it': NBN Co fast-tracked upgrade for Bolt
Senior managers at the National Broadband Network intervened to accelerate a home internet upgrade for News Corp pundit Andrew Bolt and resolve a technical problem for a top executive's friend during the final stages of the infrastructure project's rollout.
Microsoft deploys fix for Azure cloud service after outage
Microsoft says it is rolling out a fix to address an outage of its Azure cloud portal which left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services.
New arms race flares as AI takes your content and blockers fight back
There's an increasing number of tools that block AIs from training themselves on online information. How do they work, and will they change the way AIs and the internet operate?
Elon Musk launches new AI-generated site to rival 'left-biased' Wikipedia
Billionaire Elon Musk has launched a new AI-generated site to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which he has accused of being "extremely left-biased".
Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs as it ramps up AI push
The company is committing billions on data centre projects in the US as it tries to keep up with other tech giants making leaps in AI.
More than 311,000 Australian Facebook users can claim in this $50m payout
Right now, more than 311,000 Australian Facebook users can apply for a slice of a $50 million compensation fund from tech giant Meta — the largest ever payment for a breach of Australians' privacy.
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Amazon apologises for massive AWS outage and reveals cause
The outage caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, including some of the web's most popular apps such as Snapchat and Reddit.
ChatGPT owner OpenAI introduces new browser
The owner of ChatGPT, OpenAI, launches its own web browser, Atlas, as more people rely on artificial intelligence to answer questions on the internet.