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Why you have to prove you’re human
Yang Xiang | June 15, 2026CAPTCHA tests are everywhere on the internet to protect sites from AI bots and as AI-generated traffic continues to grow, proving we are human online may become an even more common part of everyday life.
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Spyware as a tool of coercive control
Fitriani | June 15, 2026Spyware, once primarily used by intelligence agencies and nation-states, has become a tool of intimate partner abuse, quietly deployed against people – mostly women – who have no idea they are being watched.
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New AI infrastructure to help robots and machines learn in real time
Open Forum | June 15, 2026CSIRO’s Vetra AI infrastructure enables faster, safer learning for robotics and other AI-powered technologies by processing data on site rather than in distant cloud systems
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Australia’s fight for algorithmic sovereignty
Muhammad Amir | June 14, 2026Australia’s defence debate is about more than ships, aircraft and missiles as competitive advantage increasingly depends on the software, data and AI systems embedded within them.
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Bouncing back
Open Forum | June 14, 2026A new analysis of 24 years of Australian data found a long-term trend of deteriorating mental health among adolescents and young adults is now beginning to rebound.
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The concrete cloud
M. Reza Hosseini | June 14, 2026Artificial intelligence is no longer just a software tool. It has become the world’s most demanding construction client with some concerning environmental implications.
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Poisoning the well
Sam Cadman | June 13, 2026Not everyone finds the prospect of AI taking everyone’s job an attractive prospect, so is ‘data poisoning’ a valid and effective new form of civil disobedience against the AI juggernaut?
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Feeling underqualified? Don’t stress
Gamze Koseoglu | June 13, 202650% of university graduates don’t feel up to their first job, but new research finds that feeling underqualified can help drive better performance – or toxic behaviour – depending on one psychological factor.
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Paging Doctor half right
Carsten Eickhoff | June 13, 2026A new study finds that half the answers the best known AI chatbots give to people on questions on health are factually incorrect even though they sound convincing.
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Your plastic pal who’s fun to be with
Oluwaseun D. Sanwoolu | June 12, 2026When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction but today people actually report being in relationships with AI companions who give constant validation and support – and entirely distort their ideas about what a relationship really is.
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What gets you down?
Eveline Mu | June 12, 2026Depression arises from a mix of biological, psychological and social factors and while science has made some progress in understanding and treating it, the factors driving each person’s experience remain unique.
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Into the sausage machine
Carolyn Heward | June 12, 2026Academia is being swamped by auto-generated AI slop shamelessly stealing the research of real academics and even the memories and experiences of themselves and their subjects.
