Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence (AI) models that generate images. …
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Is an Electric Bike (E-Bike) Right For You? Here’s What to Consider Before You Buy
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMore Australians than ever are riding electric bikes (e-bikes) — a fact you may have noticed on the …
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We Analyzed the Entire Web and Found a Cybersecurity Threat Lurking in Plain Sight
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOur latest research has found that clickable links on websites can often be redirected to malicious destinations. We …
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While vapes or e-cigarettes first appeared around 20 years ago as an alternative to smoking, their prevalence and …
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What to Do if You, or Someone You Know, Is Targeted With Deepfake Porn or AI Nudes
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNearly 50 female students from Victoria’s Bacchus Marsh Grammar School had deepfake, sexually explicit images of them shared …
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What OpenAI’s Deal With News Corp Means for Journalism, and for You
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, and News Corp, the international media conglomerate, have signed a deal that will …
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Eat a Rock a Day, Put Glue on Your Pizza: How Google’s AI is Losing Touch With Reality
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesGoogle has rolled out its latest experimental search feature on Chrome, Firefox, and the Google app browser to …
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What Is a Virtual Emergency Department? And When Should You ‘Visit’ One?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe emergency department is the physical and emblematic front door for many Australians to access urgent healthcare services. …
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Worried Your Address, Birth Date, or Health Data Is Being Sold? You Should Be
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAustralians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core …
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ChatGPT Is Now Better Than Ever at Faking Human Emotions and Behavior
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOpenAI launched GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”), a new version of the artificial intelligence (AI) system powering the popular …