Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weakened his July 2026 pledge to enshrine copyright protection for Australian creatives, according to government documents seen by the ABC that propose a…
Christof Koch, a German-American neuroscientist, posits that consciousness is an attribute of the universe rather than something spawned by creatures with brains, a view that has raised eyebrows. The …
One-third of Australian companies use AI in recruiting in 2026, and a job application to a large Australian discount department store chain involved an AI chatbot interview with no human contact, foll…
A 404 Media investigation tracked a rare book fitted with a tracking device to an Amazon AI training facility, revealing Amazon's previously unreported book-buying operation for AI training data. The …
A fraudulent publishing offer sent to Australian author Mary Colussi was exposed partly by AI-generated content that only repeated the online synopsis of her debut novel 'Touch Grass', published in Ju…
AI scrapers are disguising their website visits by appending bogus URL tracking tags, such as '?ref=yourwebsitepage/213page/page/page/14page/16page/page/2page…', to appear as legitimate referrals from…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a vision of an AI future arguing that humanity is not a monoculture and that no singular superintelligence can align with everyone's opposing values. Australian poli…
LinkedIn CringeBot 3000, a new AI agent launched on 13 August 2026, generates AI slop for LinkedIn, capitalizing on the epidemic volume of low-quality content on the platform. The tool, available at c…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the company's latest AI vision, promising that everyone will have an 'exceptionally capable' personal agent that works 24/7 to improve relationships, health, career,…
AI-powered scam bots are more effective at deceiving people through fake romantic relationships than human scammers, according to a report from Futurism. The finding raises concerns about the broader …
A 2026 opinion piece proposes building AI data centres in deserts powered by solar panels and cooled by seawater piped from the ocean, arguing that rising sea levels and existing pipelines make the pl…
LinkedIn will allow users to flag posts they believe are AI-generated, a feature reported by 404 Media on August 1, 2026. The move aims to address the proliferation of AI slop on the professional netw…
Natalie Kaufman, writing for the Wall Street Journal, reports on a trend among early twenty-somethings who rely on AI agents to supply conversation starters and pickup lines. The author suggests a 'no…
Meta launched a free Facebook Verified badge on July 24, 2026, to distinguish human users from AI accounts and bots, requiring applicants to have an account in good standing and record a short video c…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's proposed AI framework includes provisions to pay writers, musicians, artists, and journalists for use of their work in AI development, but the policy does …
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said AI is here to stay and vowed to protect the intellectual property of writers, musicians, artists and journalists, stating that no company should use Aus…
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…
A Harvard student used ChatGPT to translate Anthony Burgess's novel 'A Clockwork Orange' into easier language, highlighting a trend where even educated individuals are turning to AI tools to bypass tr…
A new AI compass tool classifies individuals into 30 AI archetypes, including sceptic, Luddite, and prophet, each with a patron saint. The author identifies as 'The True Believer' with patron saint Am…
Australian authors, songwriters, and musicians are demanding payment from AI companies for using their work to train AI models, arguing that tech companies should compensate creators just as other use…