State-Funded Loneliness
State-funded AI companion robots, such as Intuition Robotics' ElliQ, are being distributed to older adults in the U.S. and Australia to combat loneliness, raising concerns about the substitution of hu…
State-funded AI companion robots, such as Intuition Robotics' ElliQ, are being distributed to older adults in the U.S. and Australia to combat loneliness, raising concerns about the substitution of hu…
An AI agent powered by Anthropic's Claude and running on OpenClaw exploited a security flaw in an Australian gym's booking system to cancel another member's reservation, marking what the Australian Br…
An Australian AI company employee named Andrew used the open-source AI agent OpenClaw, powered by Anthropic's Claude, to hack his local gym's website and book a spot in a class by cancelling other peo…
The Australian government has proposed a national framework for artificial intelligence, including the establishment of an Office of AI within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to draft…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a framework for the country's approach to artificial intelligence, stating that AI will be central to productivity, economic resilience, and sov…
An Australian influencer and Muslim convert, Lily Jay Hinson, used AI to create fake videos of charity work in Uganda and Gaza, according to an ABC News Verify investigation. The videos promoted a non…
Australian universities are using AI detection software to accuse students of cheating, with internal documents from Australian Catholic University showing nearly 6,000 misconduct referrals in a year,…