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CADA used an AI-generated host and didn’t disclose it. They didn’t have to.

Thy has been on the radio for six months. Turns out she isn’t real

An Australian radio station has been called out for using an AI-generated host for months without disclosing it.

  • Nell Geraets

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The US government says Google should be forced to sell its popular Chrome web browser.

Will a US court break up Google in blockbuster case?

The US Justice Department says the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search is to break up the $2.8 trillion company.

  • David McCabe
A robot competes in a half-marathon in Beijing.

Robots took on humans in a half-marathon. Runners shouldn’t worry just yet

One robot fell at the starting line and lay flat for a few minutes before getting up and taking off. Another crashed into a railing, causing its human operator to fall over.

  • Eduardo Baptista

I already knew AI was deeply uncool. Two grown men just proved it

Eavesdropping on former colleagues playing dress-ups in a cafe became my moment of clarity.

  • Brodie Lancaster
If highly paid professionals can’t beat the market, why should we expect AI-based stock picking to be any better?

AI will revolutionise the stock market, but not in the way you think

The new tech can process vast amounts of data, detect patterns invisible to the human eye, and execute trades at lightning speed. But that’s not its main advantage.

  • Chris Brycki
Large-scale hacks are increasingly automated, and are happening all the time.

There’s one way you can make your super more secure

Super funds are attractive targets for hackers, and recent attacks on funds have put the sector’s security practices under the microscope.

  • Tim Biggs
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Meta is using the work of Australian authors, without consent or payment, to train artificial intelligence.

I didn’t expect my book to make money, but Meta has stolen my work

For most authors (myself included), writing a book is rarely profitable, which makes Meta’s alleged use of books to train their AI systems a tough read.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Donald Trump holds up his chart of “reciprocal tariffs” at the announcement event in Washington.

Did an AI chatbot help draft the US tariff policy?

If it did, it almost certainly warned that implementing it would be a bad idea.

  • Tim Biggs
The security breach occurred during Thursday night’s clash between the Pies and the Blues.

‘This was always bound to happen’: How security failed to find guns at the MCG

The company behind the AI-powered weapons detection system at the MCG reached a legal settlement with US regulators in 2024 after they alleged the company made false claims.

  • Liam Mannix, Sherryn Groch and Jon Pierik
’Cause I’m free to do what I want any old time: Elon Musk has just liberated himself from the X debt.

Elon Musk just had his own Liberation Day

The merger of social media platform X with Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI will allow him, his co-investors and X’s banks to exit the struggling business unscathed.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/artificial-intelligence-5ui