Google outlines latest step towards creating artificial general intelligence | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Google has outlined its latest step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with a new model that allows AI systems to…
Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it | Artificial intelligence (AI)
The Productivity Commission is examining whether technology firms should be exempted from copyright rules that stop companies from mining text…
Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’ | DeepMind
If you have a mental image of a Nobel prizewinner, Demis Hassabis probably doesn’t fit it. Relatively young (he’s 49),…
Using Generative AI for therapy might feel like a lifeline – but there’s danger in seeking certainty in a chatbot | Carly Dober
Tran* sat across from me, phone in hand, scrolling. “I just wanted to make sure I didn’t say the wrong…
What will the AI revolution mean for the global south? | Krystal Maughan
Photograph: Guardian Design I come from Trinidad and Tobago. As a country that was once colonized by the British, I…
‘It wasn’t an error’: Ofqual boss defends regulator after withdrawn data row | Ofqual
England’s chief regulator of exams has put up a staunch defence of Ofqual after it was forced to withdraw a…
AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn | Australia news
In 2023, a Belgian man reportedly ended his life after developing eco-anxiety and confiding in an AI chatbot over six…
Australia shouldn’t fear the AI revolution – new skills can create more and better jobs | Jim Chalmers
It seems a lifetime ago, but it was 2017 when the former NBN CEO Mike Quigley and I wrote a…
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
There’s a common misconception that state-of-the-art technology has to be expensive, energy consumptive and hard to engineer. That’s because we…
Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more | Artificial intelligence (AI)
The US’s largest companies have spent 2025 locked in a competition to spend more money than one another, lavishing $155bn…