AI fuels new cyber risks

CPA Australia has warned firms that cyber criminals are riding the current AI boom to generate a new wave of cybersecurity threats, and calls for firm’s investment in AI to be matched by enhanced cybersecurity protections.

How students use – and abuse – AI

A survey of the ways students are using AI offers clues for how universities can integrate it into their teaching regimes without undermining academic credibility.

Assessing communication skills in the age of AI

In the age of AI, communication is changing, but effective human communication skills are more important than ever.

Rethinking universities in the age of AI

The onslaught of AI means that universities will have to shift from teaching information to teaching students how to think with, not against, intelligent machines.

Pop the bubble

A new book offers a smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype empowers a small set of power-hungry actors to dominate the world.

Include us out

Australian users of Meta’s social media platforms cannot opt out of having their data used to train the company’s AI models, and while avoiding AI is hard, our freedom to opt out must be protected.

The AI election

The forthcoming Federal election will offer a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia’s democracy in the future.

Deep thought

The release of a highly capable cut-price Chinese AI system has rocked the Western AI companies which saw themselves as the disrupters of the global economy, but more fundamental problems with AI itself remain.

Looking forward from the past

Insights from scientific and social thinkers in the past could offer clues about tackling the implications of AI in the future.

Detecting fake news with AI

Fake news detection systems can combine AI and insights from behavioural science to flag fake news content, but could also create problems of their own.

What can AI do you for?

Amid the excitement around generative AI, it is important to remember that AI is more than chatbots. It impacts many things beyond the flashy conversational tools – often in ways that quietly improve everyday processes.

Putting the AI in Australia

Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic wants more people to use AI, but Australians might be better served by protections from it.