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Ben ButlerNational Investigations Editor

Ben Butler has investigated everything from bikie gangs to multibillion dollar international frauds, with a particular focus on the intersection between the corporate and criminal worlds. He has previously worked for mastheads including The Age, The Australian and The Guardian.

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the world's AI millionaires revealed here

Top AI millionaires and how they got their massive fortunes

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we live, work and play. Meet the global AI kings and queens and how they made their millions.

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IBM has been working with Boston Dynamics on their robot dog Spot, using artificial intelligence to make it useful for a range of tasks in the energy sector. Picture: IBM

The AI threat to 500,000 jobs: Could you be affected?

While artificial intelligence has the potential to change our world, it could also cost almost half a million Aussies their jobs. See if your occupation is at risk.

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Game-changing way AI is helping detect disease

From defeating disease to enabling the colonisation of other planets, Artificial Intelligence is set to make the impossible possible, scientists believe.

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Casino high-roller Chinatown Tom hit with $54m tax bill

An accused Melbourne crime figure has been hit with a monster tax bill as he rots in a Chinese prison amid probes into his possible links to money laundering, illegal prostitution and human trafficking.

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Jerome Borazio who owns the Melbourne restaurant Sister Bella, is pictured leaving Melbourne Magistrates court.Reporter Shannon Deery has confirmed ID. Picture: Ian Currie

Aussie music festival boss faces $960k lawsuit

The ATO is suing the co-founder of a popular Aussie music festival for almost $960,000 in unpaid superannuation and tax.

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(FILES) In this file illustration photograph taken on July 19, 2021 in Istanbul shows a physical banknote and coin imitations of the Bitcoin crypto currency. - The US government announced November 7, 2022 it had seized $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a real estate developer who stole the cryptocurrency from the dark web marketplace Silk Road a decade ago. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

Crypto’s collapse: What happens next

As sceptics warn crypto trading volumes are thin and market manipulation remains rife, experts reveal what can happen for Aussies who own the volatile currency.

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Australia’s wealthy crypto kings behind the AFL, NRL

From mammoth deals with Australia’s biggest sporting codes to the crypto crash that left their industry in peril. Here are key players in the country’s cryptocurrency game.

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