Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be…
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Transcribing speech is never neutral. It shapes power and bias
Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford’s All Souls College, and…
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Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards
The academy, which controls the US film industry’s most prestigious award, on Friday issued updated rules…
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Nvidia’s new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover – and gamers are pushing back
Last week leading chipmaker Nvidia announced DLSS-5 (Deep Learning Super Sampling), a new artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Australia’s new military AI policy comes at a crucial time. The challenge is turning it into practice
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a central role in the ongoing Middle East war. The United…
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Australia has set new expectations for AI data centres – they should serve the public
Yesterday, the Australian federal government released new expectations for data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure….
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In a world of AI text, speech still reigns supreme
I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The…
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LIVE: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Unveils AI Innovations | DRM News
LIVE: Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address at Nvidia’s AI conference in San Jose. The CEO…
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Tech companies are blaming massive layoffs on AI. What’s really going on?
While these are not mutually exclusive explanations, they are rarely acknowledged alongside one another in corporate…
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Singtel’s AI Centre of Excellence to help Singapore optimise scarce resources
Imagine if rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) was as effortless as plugging in a socket –…
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Autumn/Winter 26/27: Young designers embrace sartorial optimism • FRANCE 24 English
Wars, conflicts, the rise of populism, and the meteoric advance of artificial intelligence – in a world…
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A PhD is an apprenticeship in research – we can’t let AI take that away
When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s…
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LIVE: Chinese Foreign Ministry Briefing as China Warns US Over AI Use Against Iran War
China’s Foreign Ministry holds its press briefing in Beijing. The briefing comes as China recently warned…
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How ‘looksmaxxing’ self-improvement apps are marketing misogyny to young men
A theory about male “sexual market value” that began in online manosphere forums is now appearing…
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Gold, Debt and the AI Boom: A Financial Historian’s Warning | Merryn Talks Money
On this week’s Merryn Talks Money podcast, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with financial historian Edward…
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AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge. Here’s how
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of people…
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The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’
In the leadup to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks on Iran, the US Department of…
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Woolworths’ AI agent rambled about its ‘mother’. It’s a sign of deeper problems with the tech rollout
Recently some Australian shoppers got more than they bargained for when they chatted with Woolworths’ artificial…
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Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today
With Nano Banana 2, Google promises consistency for up to five characters at a time, along…
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Tech Life
Available for over a year AI tech is giving people their lost voices back. We chat…
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Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them?
Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid…
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Amazon’s Ring wanted to track your pets. It revealed the future of surveillance
As a career counterintelligence officer for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Defense Intelligence…
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AI Fails at 96% of Jobs (New Study)
Artificial intelligence has been hailed as one of the most transformative technologies of the century. That…
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An illegal bioweapons lab was found in a Las Vegas garage. It’s a warning for Australia
In Las Vegas last week, two people were admitted to hospital “deathly ill” after being exposed…
