This Month
Canva made all staff down tools to spend a week learning AI
An intensive bootcamp is being used by businesses to help staff overwhelmed by the latest technology and the breakneck pace of change.
‘Try the future’: New ChatGPT AI agents promise to do your jobs
Drawing on three pre-existing OpenAI products, ChatGPT Agent lets users ask AI to take control of multi-step and fairly complex tasks.
Publishers, website owners to block AI ‘crawlers’ that don’t pay
Websites will find it easier to lock out bots from AI companies like OpenAI and Google that are taking data to train their models without payment or permission.
June
How to safeguard your business (and your reputation)
Organisations are aware of the existence of cyber threats, but ways to minimise the dangers to systems and individual careers are less well understood.
Amazon CEO warns white-collar staff that their jobs are on the line
In a memo explaining all the ways the technology giant is using AI, Andy Jassy told workers how they can stay relevant as bots become capable of doing more.
Business Council says government must step up on big AI questions
Industry needs clear national AI goals, regulatory certainty and much faster approvals for new data centres, according to the peak industry group.
May
Boards have a tougher choice to make from today if they get hacked
Ransom payments to cybercriminals will now have to be disclosed via a government portal, putting companies under extra pressure.
Slack stutters as messaging platform fixes ‘issues’
Millions of users of the workplace messaging app have reported problems sending messages and using channels they share with colleagues.
Australian AI start-up raises $37m after backing by US tech heavyweight
Relevance AI has raised a $37 million investment from some Silicon Valley giants to build AI agents that can autonomously perform tasks previously done by humans.
April
Small and medium businesses must act big in cybersecurity fight
SMBs face the same frightening cybersecurity landscape as larger enterprises, but lack anything like the same financial muscle and expert staff to fight back.
How hackers are using AI to trick their way through cyber defences
The jury is still out on whether these new tools are more helpful to hackers or cybersecurity professionals. The tech has led to an era of deepfakes and suspicion.
Ramsay Healthcare chief says the age of AI care is coming
The CEO of Australia’s biggest private hospital operator has flagged greater AI adoption as a way to help improve services.
Microsoft pull-back casts doubts on local data centre boom
The CEO of data centre operator NextDC hoses down suggestions the sector is in for a correction but analysts warn of ‘AI fatigue’ across businesses.
March
Hacker claims Oracle breach, sending business and agencies scrambling
Australia’s biggest companies rushed to check their systems after a hacker claimed to have stolen important credentials via tech giant Oracle.
February
ASIC launches investigation into ASX’s December settlement failure
The corporate regulator is already suing the market operator for misfires in its ageing infrastructure platform. The new probe could lead to a second lawsuit.
January
Atlassian rockets to three-year high after earnings surprise
Mike Cannon-Brookes says the company has had some “massive customer wins”, sending its shares soaring almost 20 per cent on Friday.
November 2024
AI gets real as big business finds its feet
An era of cautious, low-stakes experimentation is rapidly giving way to tangible changes in how some of Australia’s largest operations run.
October 2024
Why you could be fined for using ChatGPT at work
Giving ChatGPT personal information to generate tailored marketing or financial recommendations may be a breach of privacy laws, the Privacy Commissioner says.
Tech giants, major banks warn Labor to tread lightly on AI regulation
The companies say sweeping rules like those in Europe and called for by public interest groups will do more harm than good, and could restrict new uses.
This is the kind of consulting work KPMG Australia will send offshore
The firm’s consulting arm plans to send 44,000 hours of work to employees based overseas this financial year as part of a push to change the way KPMG operates.