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Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX

Tech and AI stocks now make up as much as 12% of most balanced superannuation funds, experts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastArtificial intelligence and technology stocks have become a driving force on Wall Street and, unbeknownst to most Australians, a growing part of their retirement savings.The so-called “magnificent seven” […]

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Australian rescue team uses AI-powered drone to find lost hikers – video

Two men in their 20s were found within five hours thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered drone, which used thermal imaging to locate them. Two hikers veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park, New South Wales, on Tuesday, and were found about half a kilometre off the track. The incident was the first time

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Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment? Continue reading…

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Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone

Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near JindabyneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park have been found within five hours using a drone powered

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Australian musicians sound warning note after Nick Cave, Kylie and many more slurped into AI training tool

‘It’s all just rendered useless’ Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make musicPaul Dempsey and Bernard Fanning are among big-name Australian musicians upset that their original songs have been found in datasets used to train artificial intelligence.A dataset search tool recently created by US publication

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Labor tax critic deletes anti-immigration AI video reposted from rightwing nationalist account

Fund manager Geoff Wilson says he did not watch full video and deleted it after ‘inappropriate associations were identified’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe fund manager Geoff Wilson, a prominent public critic of the government’s tax changes, has deleted an inflammatory AI-generated video he reposted from a rightwing nationalist account

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David Pocock urges Albanese to stop tech companies training AI models using Australian content

Independent senator says Anthony Albanese is preparing to announce an AI copyright plan in JulyIndependent David Pocock has challenged the Albanese government to rule out letting technology giants use Australian content to train AI models, as cabinet considers proposals to change copyright rules for the rapidly developing technology.Pocock used Senate question time on Tuesday to

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AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI modelPowerful AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, cyber intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act

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Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but not everyone is convinced

They’re a key part of the digital and AI economy, but they come at a high environmental cost and offer few operational jobsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Mamre Road, in Sydney’s outer western suburbs, there are plans to build a “hyperscale” datacentre that will be one of the biggest

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Momfluencers are co-parenting with AI. Is it better than a man? | Arwa Mahdawi

Women in heterosexual marriages continue to do most of the caregiving. Now some are offering guides to AI-fying parentingIn honour of Pride I’d like to share some important news: Being Straight is Great, Actually! This public service announcement is brought to you by the New York Times which, in an offering to the Ragebait Gods,

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