This Month
ANZ risk boss fed up with bank leaks
Executives are cracking down on would-be informants before the bank’s AGM as the board hopes to convince investors it has been tough enough on cultural failings.
- Jonathan Shapiro and Lucas Baird
Manhattan murder frightens executives everywhere
Many companies view investor meetings such as the one that the UnitedHealthcare boss was walking to as security risks because they are highly publicised.
- Adam Geller and Cathy Bussewitz
October
Everything we know (so far) about how banks and insurers are using AI
It has been two years since ChatGPT burst onto the stage – and artificial intelligence is becoming more complex. An ASIC survey sheds more light on the future.
- Lucas Baird and James Eyers
March
Keep AI on a tight leash or embed bias, experts say
AI’s potential to reinforce discrimination is one of its most worrying effects. New regulations aim to keep the powerful technology in check.
- Alexandra Cain
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why we need an Australian Institute for Applied Ethics
Capitalism depends on government to provide a trusted framework of rules around it. But when politics turns into reality TV, we must ask the ethical questions ourselves.
- Ken Henry
February
- Opinion
- AI
AI should do what humans can’t, not what we want
The best deployments of AI are helping us discover solutions to big problems and work smarter, without taking the humanity out of creativity or selling junk.
- Paul Smith
Chaney, McManus, Pocock back $30m push for ethics institute
Leading business figures, union leaders, politicians and academics want the federal government to help establish a national ethics institute.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe and Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
Corporate political activism undermines democracy
Progressive Australians may cheer the do-good business leader when they agree with the desired outcome. But what if corporations choose to champion causes we abhor?
- Lucinda Holdforth
January
Qantas poaches incoming Optus corporate affairs chief
Danielle Keighery was to start at the embattled telecommunications group next month. Instead, the former Crown Resorts executive will start at the airline.
- Jenny Wiggins
December 2023
CBA’s Matt Comyn loses his right-hand man, the meticulous David Cohen
Over 15 years at the bank, David Cohen has seen it all. On his retirement, he provides a potted history of CBA’s numerous troubles and its transformation.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Tech Observed
Recreating dead actors with AI does not make for a wonderful life
It may seem harmless to recreate Jimmy Stewart’s voice for a wellness app, but it is the start of a slippery slope that doesn’t end well for humanity.
- Paul Smith
November 2023
- Exclusive
- AI
Australian AI star plans US shift as battle for humanity heats up
Start-up Akin has been struggling to close its $US50 million funding round, while staying true to its goal of building an ethical AI.
- John Davidson
October 2023
Business leaders won’t back down from Voice support
After heavy criticism for the role played by big business in the Yes campaign, employers and directors say they will still keep publicly supporting good causes.
- Tom McIlroy
September 2023
An open letter from PwC Australia CEO Kevin Burrowes
“We are deeply sorry for that behaviour and the culture that allowed it to go unchecked for many years.”
- Opinion
- Governance
Why companies should maximise shareholder welfare
Qantas and Tim Gurner show why we need a new theory about corporate managers focusing on the interests of all stakeholders, while maintaining the primacy of creating value for company owners.
- Richard Holden
June 2023
I would do it all again, Theranos whistleblower says
Erika Cheung says putting Elizabeth Holmes in jail was never her intention, but potential harm to patients made her speak up.
- Jessica Sier
May 2023
CBA goes all in on generative AI
AI models, like ChatGPT, are being used by CBA to help call centre staff answer complex customer questions and software engineers to write better computer code.
- Updated
- James Eyers
Governments ‘lack ethics controls for data’
Australian governments should emulate university research procedures in the handling of data, says Nobel laureate and ANU vice chancellor Brian Schmidt.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- AI
When the ‘Godfather of AI’ quits, we all need to start thinking
Mechanics don’t set road rules, so techies must not define the AI world, we need people outside the bubble to understand what is happening and contribute to regulations.
- Rebecca Johnson
KPMG reviewed its secrecy provisions after PwC tax leak
KPMG and Deloitte have told a Senate inquiry they have excellent internal processes for handling confidential government information.
- Edmund Tadros