Imagine you have used a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool such as ChatGPT to tidy up notes you …
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Australia’s National AI Plan Has Just Been Released. Who Exactly Will Benefit?
by Troy OakesThe Albanese Labor government has released the long-awaited National AI Plan, “a whole-of-government framework that ensures technology works …
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I have worked in AI for more than three decades, including with pioneers such as John McCarthy, who …
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When OpenAI released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-5, the company said it was “much smarter …
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Distrust in AI Is on the Rise — but Along With Healthy Scepticism Comes the Risk of Harm
by Troy OakesSome video game players recently criticized the cover art on a new video game for being generated with …
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Nobody Wants To Talk About AI Safety. Instead They Cling to 5 Comforting Myths
by Troy OakesRecently, France hosted an AI Action Summit in Paris to discuss burning questions around artificial intelligence (AI). The …
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‘AI Agents’ Promise to Arrange Your Finances, Do Your Taxes, Book Your Holidays — and Put Us All at Risk
by Troy OakesOver the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated public attention. This year signals the beginning …
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Local Governments Are Using AI Without Clear Rules or Policies, and the Public Has No Idea
by Troy OakesIn 2017, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to determine how …
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Chatbots Won’t Help Anyone Make Weapons of Mass Destruction. But Other AI Systems Just Might
by Troy OakesOver the past two years, we have seen much written about the “promise and peril” of artificial intelligence …
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Smaller Brains? Fewer Friends? An Evolutionary Biologist Asks How AI Will Change Humanity’s Future
by Troy OakesWhat will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of …