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We might be in a simulation. How much should that worry us?

We might be in a simulation. How much should that worry us?

Virtual reality is getting very real - real enough to call into question what “reality” even means.

  • by Farhad Manjoo

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New AI health accelerator encourages start-ups to work smarter

New AI health accelerator encourages start-ups to work smarter

AI developer Max Kelsen has set up an accelerator to help medical AI projects get off the ground in Queensland.

  • by Stuart Layt
Tech won. Now what?
Opinion
Innovation

Tech won. Now what?

We’re grappling with how to handle the tech we have, and imagining what to make of the tech of our future.

  • by Shira Ovide
Artificial intelligence watches hospital workers put on PPE to check for COVID safety

Artificial intelligence watches hospital workers put on PPE to check for COVID safety

There are 103 mistakes health workers can make when putting on and taking off PPE. But a team of Macquarie University doctors believe a new app can eliminate human error.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Facial recognition to track COVID cases as infections soar in South Korea

Facial recognition to track COVID cases as infections soar in South Korea

Positive cases to be followed along the streets, their contacts and mask-wearing habits recorded, in new program going live in January despite privacy concerns.

  • by Sangmi Cha
The hidden risks of government by artificial intelligence
Editorial
Opinion

The hidden risks of government by artificial intelligence

Ever since the computer Hal went rogue in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, people have worried that computers would take over the world. The NSW ombudsman says the government must use artificial intelligence with care and transparency.

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Revenue NSW’s automated system took fines from people’s bank accounts

Revenue NSW’s automated system took fines from people’s bank accounts

The unlawful practice left bank accounts empty and some people unable to pay their rent and grocery bills.

  • by Lucy Cormack
The West’s strength might be its weakness in our AI-driven world

The West’s strength might be its weakness in our AI-driven world

The free world’s adversaries will develop competing artificial intelligence systems with little concern for individual liberties or democratic values.

  • by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Australian regulator demands face-scanning firm Clearview AI delete photos

Australian regulator demands face-scanning firm Clearview AI delete photos

An Australian privacy authority has ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop scanning the faces of Australians and destroy the images and related data it has already collected.

  • by Matt O'Brien
Quantum sensors, sea drones and hypersonic missiles: what are the new frontiers of war?
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Defence

Quantum sensors, sea drones and hypersonic missiles: what are the new frontiers of war?

As well as subs, the AUKUS powers will work together on AI, cyber, quantum, hypersonic missiles and other “undersea capabilities”. What do these mean, and how will they change the game?

  • by Sherryn Groch and Felicity Lewis
The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine

The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to pull the trigger with no operatives present.

  • by Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi