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How soon will machines outsmart us? Biggest brains in AI can’t agree
Elon Musk’s prediction that artificial intelligence will surpass human experts by 2025 sets him apart from rivals at OpenAI, Google and Meta.
- George Hammond
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
Suncorp’s bank suffers breach, customer funds stolen
The bank said it had restricted a “small number” of accounts that had been accessed and returned money to affected customers.
- Nick Bonyhady
Can AI help you get more laughs than The New Yorker’s cartoonists?
Researchers from the University of Sydney have measured whether AI can help beginners master the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.
- Tess Bennett
Apple plans to overhaul entire Mac line with AI-focused M4 chips
The tech titan is harnessing the hunger for artificial intelligence to boost sluggish computer sales.
- Mark Gurman
- Updated
- Cloud
NextDC boss says nuclear should be on table as AI sucks up energy
The country’s largest listed developer and operator of data centres is raising $1.3 billion to expand its operations amid a boom in demand for computing power.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
Speed of development making it hard for firms to invest wisely in AI
Whether assessing safety, performance or efficiency, the groups tasked with stress-testing AI systems are rushing to keep up with the state of the art.
- George Hammond
Opinion & Analysis
Forrest v Facebook’s impunity and audacity
World-first litigation sees Australia again become ‘ground zero’ for a showdown between public interest regulation and one of big tech’s worst online offenders.
Tech executive
NextDC feeds the ducks while they’re hungry
The data centre owner has played the capital markets game superbly to be on the cusp of the top-50 stocks. To stay there, it has to deliver.
Columnist
I used to love Gmail. Here’s why I just quit it
The once-revolutionary email service, which started 20 years ago, has become as cluttered as the rest of the internet.
Contributor
Google’s Gemini AI can now write your emails and create spreadsheets
It turns out Google’s new AI isn’t only good for generating images of black Nazis. Soon you’ll be able to generate spreadsheets and emails with it, too.
Columnist
Technology reviews
At last, a gadget worthy of a bucket list
Imagine what you could do with a portable, 300-inch screen and Hisense’s new C1 projector.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Change your doorbell, change your life
Amazon’s latest battery-operated Ring doorbell has a new feature that can change the way you think about doorbells.
- John Davidson
This Month
- Opinion
- Social media
Forrest v Facebook’s impunity and audacity
World-first litigation sees Australia again become ‘ground zero’ for a showdown between public interest regulation and one of big tech’s worst online offenders.
- Alice Dawkins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
NextDC feeds the ducks while they’re hungry
The data centre owner has played the capital markets game superbly to be on the cusp of the top-50 stocks. To stay there, it has to deliver.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Web culture
I used to love Gmail. Here’s why I just quit it
The once-revolutionary email service, which started 20 years ago, has become as cluttered as the rest of the internet.
- Ezra Klein
NextDC in $1.3b capital raise; MS, RBC on the ticket
The offer will be priced at a modest discount to its last trade price of $16.71 a share.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Melbourne firm seeks backers to convert ocean waves to electricity
The Melbourne-based start-up is seeking $4 million to fund its go-to-market efforts.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Updated
- Software
Dubber CEO sacked as company turns to emergency raising
Steve McGovern, one of the call recording software group’s founders, has been fired following an internal investigation into the disappearance of $30 million.
- Tess Bennett
Canva agrees to settle unfair dismissal case from senior engineer
The company initially refused to make any settlement payment to the employee, who had been earning $221,000 a year when he was sacked in January.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Analysis
- AI
Google’s Gemini AI can now write your emails and create spreadsheets
It turns out Google’s new AI isn’t only good for generating images of black Nazis. Soon you’ll be able to generate spreadsheets and emails with it, too.
- John Davidson
Is your company turning inspiration into innovation?
It’s time to be recognised in the 2024 Most Innovative Companies list. Nominations close Thursday, May 30.
- Opinion
- AI
AI’s advances will echo the internet, not the steam engine
The metaphor has not only become a cliché; it paints an oversimplified and too-rosy picture of how this technology will reshape our lives.
- Parmy Olson
Merger shake-up threatens to ‘kill off the start-up sector’
Tech leaders have warned that proposed merger laws will kill deals before they close, starving the sector of the capital it needs to continue to grow.
- Tess Bennett and Paul Smith
Uber’s dominance in Australia intensifies as Ola exits
Corporate records show Ola’s Indian parent company spent $142 million on its Australian outpost.
- Nick Bonyhady
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Advent calls in bankers to assess options for Compass Education
Sources said Compass is making about $15 million to $20 million in annual EBITDA on the back of circa $50 million revenue.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Funding
Blackbird nets $800m payday from Canva share sale
“I hate selling even one Canva share … but it’s time for some of our earlier funds to take some profits off the table.”
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Funding
Start-up deals fall to six-year low as tech winter persists
Just 66 Australian companies raised funds from venture capital investors in the first quarter of this year, and total funding has dropped 45 per cent year-on-year.
- Tess Bennett
At last, a gadget worthy of a bucket list
Imagine what you could do with a portable, 300-inch screen and Hisense’s new C1 projector.
- John Davidson
Woolworths partners with Tesco on $190m start-up investment fund
The global fund will be run from Sydney and counts retailer chains from Europe, Canada and South Africa among its investors.
- Nick Bonyhady
IPO hopeful Lime avoids share bike graveyard
The company says Sydney and Melbourne are among its most profitable cities as it eyes resurrecting its aborted plans to go public.
- Nick Bonyhady
Life360 shares soar on 5 million new tracking app users
The company has launched an ad business, making the number of users more important – even if they don’t pay.
- Nick Bonyhady and Joanne Tran
