Today
Google Research chief predicts children will soon be taught by AI
Yossi Matias said healthcare, education and climate were the three areas most likely to be most changed by artificial intelligence in the near-term.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Yesterday
- Opinion
- AI Summit
How Australia can grab an AI advantage
We need an equal sense of hunger, optimism, and opportunism for Australia to realise the advantage of AI, write the BCA’s CEO and Australia’s Google boss.
- Bran Black and Melanie Silva
This Month
Ray Dalio joins billionaires snapping up historic Singapore houses
The Bridgewater Associates founder’s family office has bought two heritage ‘shophouse’ properties for about $28.6 million
- Mercedes Ruehl
‘Asleep at the wheel’: Appen shareholders vent frustrations
Long-suffering shareholders of the data service company have delivered a 19 per cent vote against the company’s remuneration report at its AGM on Friday.
- Tess Bennett
American chatbots: oversexed, overhyped and over here
In just two weeks, Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have each previewed AI chatbots that critics say are as dangerous as they are impressive.
- John Davidson
US sues to break up Ticketmaster’s ‘suffocating’ monopoly
The antitrust lawsuit launched by the Justice Department alleges the group has used its dominance to exploit fans and performing artists and threatening its rivals.
- Leah Nylen and Emily Birnbaum
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
‘If you don’t like it, get a job at a bank’: Canva boss
The design software giant’s all-singing, all-dancing debut event in Los Angeles came with a host of new features – and rumblings of a cost to its tired staff.
- Nick Bonyhady
Tech industry pushed to shut down market for sexual AI deepfakes
Joe Biden is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a market of sexual images, many of celebrities, made with AI technology.
- Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay
The truth behind the dead internet theory
Up to half of all internet traffic could be driven by bots, where computer programs generate posts that are liked or reposted by other programs.
- Jake Renzella and Vlada Rozova
- Analysis
- AI
Nvidia’s share price is about to plummet, but it’s all part of the plan
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang knows this is his moment, and he’s capitalising on surging demand for his AI chips and his white-hot shares.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and James Thomson
News Corp strikes lucrative content deal with OpenAI
The Wall Street Journal said the deal could be worth more than $377 million as the rise of generative AI tools is poised to transform the publishing business.
- Gerrit De Vynck
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Big win for Square Peg as Nvidia buys AI start-up Deci
The Melbourne VC firm will soon be toasting a rich profit on its investment in an Israeli AI start-up, when it is acquired by chip titan Nvidia for $447 million.
- Nick Bonyhady
How business websites will have to change for Google’s AI era
Enterprises hoping to attract the attention of the search engine’s Gemini platform will need short, punchy web pages, says a digital advertising expert.
- John Davidson
- Analysis
- AI
Google search is becoming Google answers. That is bad news for media
In a world where AI can browse the internet and paraphrase what it sees, users may find they never click on links again. That could be a big problem for publishers.
- Kevin Roose
Google steals OpenAI’s thunder with something 15 times bigger
The new version of Gemini can write poems about objects it’s seen, or even tell the user where it last saw her glasses.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Workplace
Baidu’s PR boss was fired for being a workplace tiger mum
When the of head of public relations for China’s Google was fired over blunt remarks about staff, managers everywhere lost an honest voice.
- Aaron Patrick
Labor goes to war with Meta in far-reaching inquiry
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk could be called on to face federal parliament, as part of a new inquiry into social media algorithms.
- Tom McIlroy
Bezos, Zuckerberg lead magnificent seven insider stock sales
Almost a dozen executives and directors at the firms recently boosted their share sales, earning more than $242 million since late 2023.
- Ben Stupples
‘Intense’ News Corp restructure to target premium content
A challenging ad market dragged down News Corp’s news publications, but CEO Robert Thomson said it had extended a lucrative commercial deal with Google.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- Quantum Computing
PsiQuantum in talks for bipartisan support but Coalition not swayed
PsiQuantum is confident of winning over sceptical politicians by highlighting its backing from both major parties in the US, where it has defence contracts.
- Tess Bennett
