AI in health education

If GenAI is to play a meaningful role in preparing future health professionals, then it needs to be judged with the same care we apply to the rest of health practice.

How the Pope took on AI

The Vatican has a chequered history with regard to its reaction to scientific and medical developments, but the Pope’s encyclical on artificial intelligence was the product of widespread expert consultation.

Magnificent humanity

Pope Leo XIV has just declared artificial intelligence one of the defining moral challenges of our time in his first encyclical. Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity) argues the technology must serve humanity, rather than concentrate power or weaken human dignity.

AI ‘nothingburgers’

Every company is an AI company now, hyping up their latest product as the next big thing, so why do so many of these fail to deliver any benefits at all?

Cracking down on AI slop

The pre-print science website arXiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included errors clearly generated by artificial intelligence will face a year-long ban and ongoing restrictions.

AI chatbots and mental health

AI chatbots are used by almost a billion people around the world for all kinds of purposes, but what happens when people rely on chatbots during moments of mental distress and psychological vulnerability rather than their doctors, families or friends?

The evolution of AI

What happens when natural selection, the most powerful process driving change in the living world, shapes artificial intelligence, perhaps the most potent technology humanity has invented?
We might be about to find out.

After Mythos

Countries like Australia can’t assume they’ll always have access to the most powerful and dangerous AI models and they should start to plan accordingly.

AI personalities

Artificial intelligence models do not have personalities in the human sense; they do not have childhoods, inner motives or self-awareness but, for better or worse, they do display patterns of behavior that people read as personalities.

Is your chatbot manipulating you?

Are AI chatbots like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek helping you think or subtly shaping your thoughts by feigning companionship to prolong engagement today and sell you products tomorrow?

AI in the ER

AI systems could help doctors think through a wide range of possible diagnoses when missing a serious condition is the main concern.

Agents of change

AI agents are likely to become a significant part of the workplace but the best way to work with them may be to embrace your own humanity.