Humanoid robot markets expand as Australia reckons with AI revolution
The evening before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s speech on Wednesday, in which he announced he was taking control…
Google and Apple are clashing with the EU over the future of AI assistants
Google and Apple have a big leg up in the AI race: their control of billions of smartphones…
Could AI be conscious? | AI (artificial intelligence)
In January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model…
Federal government to tighten rules around use of AI in departmental decision-making
Australia will tighten oversight of artificial intelligence in automated government decision-making and strengthen privacy safeguards as part of…
A German six-axis robot arm just welded a steel seam underwater with no diver present, an AI camera finding the joint and a continuous wire feeding the arc — taking over a job that kills at 40 times the rate of the average paycheck, one of the deadliest anyone does
KeysQuestions4Vehicle1 Germany just built a robot that welds steel underwater with zero humans in the water — and…
Firmus IPO raises a $7 trillion question shaping Australia’s AI IPO race
Jul 19, 2026 – 12.00pm When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outlined his vision for Australia’s artificial intelligence future…
Artificial intelligence and whatever Pauline Hanson has
The chill of the winter break has jolted presumptions about the way the country works, forcing the government…
Anthony Albanese’s AI speech ignores the threat to Aussie jobs
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China cracks down on AI companions, forcing millions to break up with virtual partners
Seventeen-year-old Xiaoxue describes her boyfriend Xiaojun as a “sweet guy”. The pair spend hours each day talking about…
Can you spot an AI deepfake? Researchers say they can train people to tell what is real and what is not
Can you tell the difference between an AI-generated face and that of a real person? Major advances in…
Why are AI traffic cameras punishing innocent drivers in Canberra? | The Canberra Times
When an Artificial Intelligence system flags a violation, a human reviewer must act as a sensible safeguard. Instead,…
Nasdaq, S&P 500 drop 1% after China’s latest AI breakthrough rattles tech stocks
Stocks in Asia and the United States fell Friday after technological advances announced by a Chinese artificial intelligence…