This Month
Data centre boom fuelling economic recovery
But merger lawyers warn inconsistent and uncertain government guidelines for foreign investment put at risk the overseas capital required to fuel the boom.
October
OpenAI’s latest ‘breakthrough’ is a sobering reality check
The company’s leading scientists claimed GPT-5 had solved a famous set of math problems. Turned out it had basically “Googled” the answers.
August
How AI has already changed everything you know about recruitment
SmartRecruiters chief executive Rebecca Carr believes unless AI is integrated directly into workflows, it’s of little use.
In Pictures: August 2025
August is reporting season. Among the numbers and chief executives, Australian Financial Review photographers have captured art, fashion and culture.
How this CEO used an AI podcast to prepare for a panel
CEO of transport and logistics technology company Zebra Technologies Bill Burns provides AI solutions to others and is finding the tools increasingly useful in his own job.
June
How this CEO wrote a report while cooking noodles
It took the world’s Go master to be beaten by a computer in 2016 for Will Liang to realise AI would change the way we work.
An employee stuffed up in a meeting, so this CEO used AI to coach him
When a team member needed help communicating better in meetings, Adam Driussi used generative AI to provide feedback.
May
How Brian Hartzer uses AI to get free advice from a top investment banker
When former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer wants advice about a transaction, he asks a chatbot to tell him what Barrenjoey’s co-executive would say.