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Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy

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Exclusive: With the technology fast becoming popular in GP surgeries, regulators are monitoring its implementation and potential pitfallsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal health department has raised concerns about the use of AI scribes by doctors as the health regulator considers the need for safeguards around the technology.AI scribe […]

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NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI … until someone mentioned the Terminator films

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Emails sent between MP Anoulak Chanthivong’s staff take cautious approach to AI giant arriving in Sydney – despite the government’s encouragementGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW technology minister’s office removed a reference to being “absolutely thrilled” about OpenAI opening a Sydney office after staffers joked a dystopian Skynet could

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‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work

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A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about itCreatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’Big tech companies are asking for Australian copyright laws

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Australia news live: shadow arts minister Angie Bell, a former musician, says AI giants must pay for content

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Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.AAP reports the boy was found critically injured outside Craigieburn Community hospital in Melbourne’s north about 7.50pm on Wednesday. A

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Creatives sound alarm on copyright as Pocock calls $50bn datacentre proposal ‘ultimate dirty deal’

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Proposal has been put to cabinet to allow AI companies to mine content, in exchange for investment and $350m fund to compensate artists, sources say Creatives are demanding fresh assurances from the Albanese government that it won’t water down copyright laws under a potential deal with tech giants to attract more than $50bn worth of

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Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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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