OPINION: "Increased offloading has raised the fear that people will become overly reliant on AI," writes clinical psychologist and researcher Dr Misia Temler.
"This could have unintended consequences, such as eroding our critical thinking skills and declining our overall cognitive ability."
Two public servants engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” during implementation of the disastrous Robodebt system as early as 2015, a National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) investigation has found, that also cleared four others.
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Australian software giant @atlassian.bsky.social is cutting 1,600 jobs, or around 10 per cent of its global workforce, “to self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales”, the company announced on Thursday.
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NAPLAN testing for around 1 million Australian students was suspended across much of the country on Wednesday, due to an issue with the online platform used for the literacy and numeracy assessments.
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Rising geopolitical instability is prompting businesses to take out – or strengthen – cyber insurance policies as the escalating Iran conflict fuels fears of disruptive cyberattacks.
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Millions of human neurons are powering a new data centre in Melbourne – the first in the world to be powered by living brain cells.
Launched on Tuesday by local startup Cortical Labs, the prototype ‘Bio Data Centre’ contains 120 of the company’s CL1 biological computers.
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Scammers are creating fake fitness groups on social media platforms to trick Australians into downloading malware.
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The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has announced a change in leadership, with its CEO stepping down and a former president appointed to lead the organisation on an interim basis.
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FEATURE: Mark (not his real name) says he developed a "passion for coding" through the work of charity Take2, and hopes to work in tech after serving his prison sentence.
“If I could [code] every day for the rest of my life, I'd consider myself very lucky,” he says.
Australia’s privacy watchdog has warned retailers that the tribunal decision overturning her ruling against facial recognition at Bunnings is not a green light for widespread biometric surveillance in stores.
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The US customs agency is developing a new system to handle potential refunds for roughly 53 million shipments made under US President Donald Trump’s controversial import tariffs.
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Victorians working in large companies will have the legal right to work from home two days per week from 1 September and those in small businesses from 1 July 2027, the state has confirmed as it pushes ahead with the changes over business groups’ objections.
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Australian internet users are being blocked from some of the world’s most-visited pornography websites after their owner restricted access in protest over new age assurance rules which come into effect on Monday.
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Australia’s peak tech body has pushed back against the federal government’s plans to restrict the use of non-compete clauses, saying these play an “important role” in the sector.
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Australian companies may be physically far from the fighting in Iran, but security experts say they should assume they are exposed to a shadow cyber war that began long before the first bombs fell – and could continue long after the conflict subsides.
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Australian women founders are leading the work from home revolution.
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Information Age speaks to some of these women to find out about the work they do, the tech they use to run their businesses from home, and advice they have for other female founders.
The rise in working from home and artificial intelligence has driven a sharp rise in workplace surveillance, with Australian laws struggling to keep up, a new report has found.
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Apple has revealed its rumoured low-end MacBook Neo, following three days of other product announcements and price hikes for its more expensive laptops.
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Carbon emissions from Australian data centres have jumped 16 per cent in a year, with the country’s largest operators more than doubling their outputs since the start of the decade.
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Declining enrolments, increasing costs and a muddying sense of purpose have put Australian universities under sustained financial strain, with 40 per cent spending the past half-decade in deficit – and new metrics suggesting it’s affecting our ability to produce global AI leaders.
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Thinking of providing your passport details to verify your identity on sites like LinkedIn? Think twice: a new analysis has found that a simple identity check can pass your personal details through no fewer than 17 different companies – and cyber criminals are watching.
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Major Australian technology companies Canva and NextDC saw their gender pay gaps more than double in the last financial year – as did the local arm of international data giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to new data released on Tuesday.
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has alerted authorities to a possible fraud racket that obtained approximately $1 billion in illegitimate home loans, including through the use of artificial intelligence.
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On the afternoon of 27 July, you’re going to receive a message on your phone that will mark the beginning of a significant improvement to Australia’s emergency messaging system.
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A public feud is playing out between American AI firm Anthropic – best known for its Claude series of AI models – and the United States White House and Department of War.
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Block is shedding 4,000 jobs – nearly half its workforce – as the tech giant goes all in on artificial intelligence.
This will likely impact many Australian workers, with Block acquiring local fintech giant Afterpay, which is still based in Sydney, in 2022.
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Samsung has increased the prices of its Galaxy S26 line of smartphones in many countries, including Australia, and attributed the hikes to rising costs and the ongoing digital memory shortage.
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Tech workers could be back in line for pay rises in 2026, with employers reopening salary talks as economic confidence lifts – but it helps if you have the right skills.
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Australian users of Apple iPhones, iPads and Macs have been blocked from accessing gambling and other R18+ apps unless they confirm their age using “reasonable methods”, the company has announced as it floats tighter content restrictions and expanded age verification tools.
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Nearly a third of workers at Australian software company WiseTech Global and hundreds at the Commonwealth Bank are facing potential redundancy, the companies announced this week amid escalating adoption of artificial intelligence within both firms.
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