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Coralie Alison.

Coralie fought to prevent deepfake abuse. Then the trolls came for her

Violent AI-generated abuse material targeting Australians is posing a national security risk, experts have warned.

  • Kayla Olaya

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Data centres require large amounts of power to process information used in artificial intelligence.

Fears big tech AI plants’ voracious appetite for power will drain grid

Tech giants who want to build data centres for the AI boom in Australia could be pushed by the Albanese government to build their own renewable energy sources.

  • Paul Sakkal
Illustration by Sam Mooy

In the right hands, AI can help solve the housing crisis

The Housing Delivery Authority should not be punishing employees for using AI. It should be encouraging them.

  • Allegra Spender
Imitation? Sophie Corks’ two original works in pink hues and Adair’s canvas on the right. 

Sophie paints joyous scenes of her backyard. Then she saw her style for sale

The difference between inspiration and imitation is a legal grey area – and becoming increasingly hard to police.

  • Linda Morris
Sovereign AI (L-R) Chief Technology Officer Troy Neilson and Chief Executive Officer Simon Kriss, Thursday, August 7, 2025.(Image/Jane Dempster) Sovereign Australia AI co-founders Troy Neilson and Simon Kriss.

‘Thongs aren’t underwear’: The case for an Australian ChatGPT

Sovereign Australia AI wants to build a model that understands Australian culture and values. But does the country really need it?

  • David Swan
AI use in schools is an issue many teachers are grappling with.

WA students are using AI. How can schools make sure they’re still learning?

English teacher Peter Fallon reckons that, instead of resorting to old school methods, it’s better to reinvent the ways students are tested.

  • Holly Thompson
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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’s monster, or can we co-exist?

  • Michael Koziol
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

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