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AI Researcher Geoffrey Hinton

My scary night in Georgetown with the ‘Godfather of AI’

I cast aside my prejudices about artificial intelligence to hear what one of its creators had to say. Had he unleashed Frankenstein, or can we co-exist?

  • Michael Koziol

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NSW planning official Aoife Wynter has been removed from her post for using an unauthorised AI tool to assess major housing projects.

Planning official used husband’s AI tool to fast-track hundreds of Sydney housing proposals

The government’s signature housing development agency is scrambling to reassess projects delivering more than 100,000 homes.

  • Alexandra Smith and Max Maddison
Redfern Station Christmas AI GIF

Redfern station’s AI-generated Christmas artwork to be removed

The scene featured a koala head on a kangaroo’s torso, a rodent with limbs not connected to its body, and kangaroos wearing bikini tops.

  • Mary Ward
Kevin Hassett

The one credential Trump craves more than anything

The frontrunner to take over as head of the Federal Reserve has the single quality that Donald Trump is looking for above all.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Google continues to be a top competitor in the search for AI talent as it seeks to shore up its offerings.

‘Dark horse’ Google is now giving Nvidia a run for its money in the AI race

The internet giant is on track to hit a $US4 trillion market capitalisation after a report said Meta will buy billions worth of Google AI chips, sending Nvidia shares tanking.

  • Mark Bergen and Newley Purnell
UBTech robots.

Just because a robot can walk, doesn’t mean it can work

The tech industry is obsessed with humanoid robots, and people are fascinated by them. But for almost every application they’re pitched for, they make zero sense.

  • Tim Biggs
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It’s estimated $US3 trillion will be spent on data centres in the next three years, much of it to meet demand from AI.

For all the hype, AI isn’t transforming our economy in a hurry

Will AI deliver the huge gains in productivity investors hope for? Who knows, but the piecemeal adoption by firms so far suggests we’re a long way off.

  • Clancy Yeates
The SRO has increased its compliance activities.

‘Aggressive pursuit of debts’: Property owners feel strain over surging land tax bills

The State Revenue Office has cracked down on a growing amount of unpaid land tax, netting almost $900 million.

  • Daniella White
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‘Hey, Siri, what are you doing to the planet?’

A new show at the Museum of Contemporary Art explores artificial intelligence from every angle.

  • Nick Galvin
Andrew Tulloch has left the AI start-up he co-founded to join Meta.

An offer he couldn’t refuse: The young Aussie who couldn’t say no to Zuckerberg

Australians are plentiful in Silicon Valley, building the future of artificial intelligence. And they’re earning pay packets that defy belief.

  • David Swan

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